[The Courage of Marge O’Doone by James Oliver Curwood]@TWC D-Link bookThe Courage of Marge O’Doone CHAPTER IV 7/27
"Next to small-pox and a bullet through your heart, worry is about the blackest, man-killingest thing on earth, David.
See that bag ?" He pointed to one of the bulging gunny sacks. "That's the antidote," he said.
"It's the best medicine I know of in the grub line for a man who's lost his grip.
There's the making of three men in that sack." "What is it ?" asked David, curiously. The Missioner bent over to examine a card attached to the neck of the bag. "To be perfectly accurate it contains 110 pounds of beans," he answered. "Beans! Great Heavens! I loathe them!" "So do most down-and-outs," affirmed Father Roland, cheerfully.
"That's one reason for the peculiar psychological value of beans.
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