Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . an Slocomb set about his task of building theeffigy, a task he did not half relish, if the truth beknown. However, he worked hard, and by fiveoclock in the afternoon he had the figure completedto his liking, box-ed and ready forcarrying , thoughtfullyhe pulled on hisragged overcoat,lighting his pipe,went out into thefalling snow, turn-ing his footstepstoward the GrossRoads store. future father-in-law, Jimmys sense of humor —mercifully large — had come to his succor. Had hebut known it, his happy laugh had hurt old manPeters more than bodily
Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . an Slocomb set about his task of building theeffigy, a task he did not half relish, if the truth beknown. However, he worked hard, and by fiveoclock in the afternoon he had the figure completedto his liking, box-ed and ready forcarrying , thoughtfullyhe pulled on hisragged overcoat,lighting his pipe,went out into thefalling snow, turn-ing his footstepstoward the GrossRoads store. future father-in-law, Jimmys sense of humor —mercifully large — had come to his succor. Had hebut known it, his happy laugh had hurt old manPeters more than bodily chastisement could havehurt him. All day as he busily wrap-ped up Ghristmas groceries foreager and happy shoppers, anddiscussed with all the Christ-mas tree in the Town Hall thatnight, his thoughts kept re-curring to old man Petersspeech, and his grey eyesdanced and laughed, so thatmore than one of those shop-pers who knew and liked himwhispered aside to her neigh-bour, I guess Jimmys sureenough of Janey, after all. TT was •^ Hornbys. III deaconboasthis word was asgood as his bond. Nobody denied it, because it was quite as good ashis bond. When the deacon said I vdU—he did. Whenhe said I wont—he didnt. When he said Ill give,give he did, and when he said I wont give, wildhorses couldnt make him change his mind. The deacon had never told Janey, in words, thatshe couldnt marry young Jim Hallady, nor had heever told Jimmy, in words, that he couldnt haveJaney. But in many ways he had given both youngpeople to understand that he was liable at any timeto put his foot down and voice an unfavorable edict!Not that he had anything against young Hallady per-sonally. Jim was a good boy, a thrifty boy and acredit to the community. Secretly the deacon evencherished a high regard for young Hallady, butthere was one mark against him—against hischance of ever winning pretty Janey, whom he ador-ed, as his wife. Years ago, the deacon and Jimmys father hadquarrelled over the surv
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