But it was best to clean out one at a time.

And just then there was a murmur: "Meetin's took up." And the masculine element filled the empty half of the "hewed-log" church.
When Ralph saw Hannah looking utterly dejected, his heart smote him, and the great struggle set in again.

Had it not been for the thought of the other battle, and the comforting presence of the Helper, I fear Bud's interests would have fared badly.

But Ralph, with the spirit of a martyr, resolved to wait until he knew what the result of Bud's suit should be, and whether, indeed, the young Goliath had prior claims, as he evidently thought he had.

He turned hopefully to the sermon, determined to pick up any crumbs of comfort that might fall from Mr.
Bosaw's meager table.
In reporting a single specimen passage of Mr.Bosaw's sermon, I shall not take the liberty which Thucydides and other ancient historians did, of making the sermon and putting it into the hero's mouth, but shall give that which can be vouched for.
"You see, my respective hearers," he began--but alas! I can never picture to you the rich red nose, the see sawing gestures, the nasal resonance, the sniffle, the melancholy minor key, and all that.