Parson Twemlow told us, when the war began again, that the Lord could turn us all into Frenchmen, if we sinned against Him more than He could bear.

I were fool enough to laugh about it then, not intaking how it could be on this side of Kingdom Come, where no distinction is of persons.

But now, there it is--a thing the Almighty hath in hand; and who shall say Him nay, when He layeth His hand to it ?" "I reckon, 'a hath begun with you too, Zeb," Mrs.Tugwell would answer, undesirably.

"To be always going on so about trash trifles, as a woman hath a right to fly up at, but no man! Surely Dan hath a right to his politics and his parables, as much as any lame old chap that sitteth on a bench.

He works hard all day, and he airns his money; and any man hath a right to wag his tongue of night-time, when his arms and his legs have been wagging all day." "Depends upon how he wags 'un." The glance of old Tugwell was stern, as he spoke, and his eyebrows knitted over it.