But don't say anything to Peaseley first, or he'll want it changed for a harmonium, and that lets us in for psalm-singing till you can't rest.

Mind! I don't object to Church influence--it's a good hold!--but you must run IT with other things equal, and not let it run YOU.

I've got the schoolhouse insured for thirty thousand dollars--special rates too." The mill-owner smiled.

"Sam's head is level! But," he added, "he don't say much about the new assistant he's sending." "Only here," he says, "I reckon the man I send will do all round; for Pike County has its claims as well as Boston." "What does that mean ?" asked the mill-owner.
"I reckon he means he don't want Pine Clearing to get too high-toned any more than he wants it too low down.

He's mighty square in his averages--is Sam." Here speculation was stopped by the rapid oncoming of the stage-coach in all the impotent fury of a belated arrival.