10/38 This winter he went to the city and got his wits sharpened, and when he came back he made a scheme. He sent word to Mrs.King that his old father was dying and would like to be converted too. Mrs.King travels at once with a horse and the strongest servant-man. The old father takes a long time to die, so Xavier comes here yesterday to say she will stay all night; but when he did not come back, his wife she got frightened, and she told that the old man was not going to die, that she was afraid there was a scheme. |