To add or diminish one word of skripter is to bring an awful penalty." "I hain't a-goin' to add or diminish," says Arville.

"I hain't thought on't.

I am merely statin' what, in my opinion, would be the Lord's will on the subject." But right here the schoolmaster struck in.

He is a very likely young man--smart as a whip, and does well by the school, and makes a stiddy practice of mindin' his own business and behavin'.
He is a great favorite and quite good-lookin', and some say that he and Lophemia Pegrum are engaged; but it hain't known for certain.
He spoke up, and sez he, "There is one great thing to think of when we talk on this matter.

There is so much to be said on both sides of this subject that it is almost impossible to shut your eyes to the advantages and the disadvantages on both sides.
"But," sez he, "if this nation closes the Fair Sundays, it will be a great object lesson to the youth of this nation and the world at large of the sanctity and regard we have for our Puritan Sabbath-- "Of our determination to not have it turned into a day of amusement, as it is in some European countries.
"It would be something like painting up the Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer in gold letters on the blue sky above, so that all who run may read, of the regard we have for the day of rest that God appointed.
The regard we have for things spiritual, onseen--our conflicts and victories for conscience' sake--the priceless heritage for which our Pilgrim Fathers braved the onknown sea and wilderness, and our forefathers fought and bled for." "They fit for Liberty!" sez Arville.