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Following the Equator

CHAPTER II
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"And found the cabin set fire to and burnt down by the crazy one, and the poor old things so old and feeble that they couldn't go afoot.

And we got them to a shady place and made them as comfortable as we could, and began to wonder which way to turn to find some way to get them conveyed to Nancy Taylor's house.
And I spoke up and said--now what did I say?
Didn't I say, 'Providence will provide' ?" "Why sure as you live, so you did! I had forgotten it." "So had I," said Mrs.Glossop and Mrs.Taylor; "but you certainly said it.

Now wasn't that remarkable ?" "Yes, I said it.

And then we went to Mr.Moseley's, two miles, and all of them were gone to the camp meeting over on Stony Fork; and then we came all the way back, two miles, and then here, another mile--and Providence has provided.

You see it yourselves." They gazed at each other awe-struck, and lifted their hands and said in unison: "It's per-fectly wonderful." "And then," said Mrs.


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