Daniel Quorm and his religious notions . from the Im sorry to add that I used to have a per-sonal acquaintance with you some years since,and I served you faithful as ever any poorwretch could ; and all you gave me was nothingbut rags to my back, and a wretched home, andan achin head—an no taturs—and the fear ohell-fire to finish up with. And heres my dearFather in heaven. Ive been a poor servant ofhis, off and on, for thirty years. And hesgiven me a clean heart, and a soul full o joy,and a lovely suit o white as 11 never wear out;and he says that he will make a king of me be-fore h
Daniel Quorm and his religious notions . from the Im sorry to add that I used to have a per-sonal acquaintance with you some years since,and I served you faithful as ever any poorwretch could ; and all you gave me was nothingbut rags to my back, and a wretched home, andan achin head—an no taturs—and the fear ohell-fire to finish up with. And heres my dearFather in heaven. Ive been a poor servant ofhis, off and on, for thirty years. And hesgiven me a clean heart, and a soul full o joy,and a lovely suit o white as 11 never wear out;and he says that he will make a king of me be-fore he ve done, and that hell take me home tohis palace to reign with him for ever and now you come up here a-talkin like that. Bless e my dear friends, he went off in aminute, like as if hed been shot—I do wish hehad—and he never had the manners to saygood mornin. A hearty laugh followed Danels story. EvenWidow Pascoe had to twitch her mouth into itspropriety. 126 Daniel Quorm. CHAPTER XII. DANELS NOTION OF A HAD droppedin to see Danelone evening be-fore the days were drawing in,for it was in thelate autumn; sothe good leaderlooked up fromhis work with asmile of kind-ly greeting. Helifted the broad-rimmed spectacles on to his foiehead, and laiddown his work with the air of a man who couldnot do much more, and would enjoy half-an-hours chat with a pleasant consciousness thathe was not wasting his time. It happened that just then local circumstances Danels Notion of a Class-meeting. 127 had directed attention to the class-meeting. Acorrespondence in the papers was the talk ofthe uneventful month, rather because there wasnothing else to talk of than because of anyanxiety that was felt on the matter. It affordeda ready topic; so giving my old friend plentyof line, and encouraging him by a question hereand there—with which I need not break thenarrative now—I managed to get some notionsthat have not lost their value to-day. Class-meetins b
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