Book one

Chapter 1

           Dusk—ofasummernight.

           AndthetallwallsofthecommercialheartofanAmericancityofperhaps400,000inhabitants—suchwallsasintimemaylingerasamerefable.

           Andupthebroadstreet,nowcomparativelyhushed,alittlebandofsix—amanofaboutfifty,short,stout,withbushyhairprotrudingfromunderaroundblackfelthat,amostunimportant-lookingperson,whocarriedasmallportableorgansuchasiscustomarilyusedbystreetpreachersandsingers.Andwithhimawomanperhapsfiveyearshisjunior,taller,notsobroad,butsolidofframeandvigorous,veryplaininfaceanddress,andyetnothomely,leadingwithonehandasmallboyofsevenandintheothercarryingaBibleandseveralhymnbooks.Withthesethree,butwalkingindependentlybehind,wasagirloffifteen,aboyoftwelveandanothergirlofnine,allfollowingobediently,butnottooenthusiastically,inthewakeoftheothers.

           Itwashot,yetwithasweetlanguoraboutitall.

           Crossingatrightanglesthegreatthoroughfareonwhichtheywalked,wasasecondcanyon-likeway,threadedbythrongsandvehiclesandvariouslinesofcarswhichclangedtheirbellsandmadesuchprogressastheymightamidswiftlymovingstreamsoftraffic.Yetthelittlegroupseemedunconsciousofanythingsaveasetpurposetomakeitswaybetweenthecontendinglinesoftrafficandpedestrianswhichflowedbythem.

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