Chapter 5

           Abouthalf-pasttenthecrackedbellofthesmallchurchbegantoring,andpresentlythepeoplebegantogatherforthemorningsermon. TheSunday-schoolchildrendistributedthemselvesaboutthehouseandoccupiedpewswiththeirparents,soastobeundersupervision. AuntPollycame,andTomandSidandMarysatwithher—Tombeingplacednexttheaisle,inorderthathemightbeasfarawayfromtheopenwindowandtheseductiveoutsidesummerscenesaspossible. Thecrowdfileduptheaisles: theagedandneedypostmaster,whohadseenbetterdays; themayorandhiswife—fortheyhadamayorthere,amongotherunnecessaries; thejusticeofthepeace; thewidowDouglass,fair,smart,andforty,agenerous,good-heartedsoulandwell-to-do,herhillmansiontheonlypalaceinthetown,andthemosthospitableandmuchthemostlavishinthematteroffestivitiesthatSt.Petersburgcouldboast; thebentandvenerableMajorandMrs.Ward; lawyerRiverson,thenewnotablefromadistance; nextthebelleofthevillage,followedbyatroopoflawn-cladandribbon-deckedyoungheart-breakers; thenalltheyoungclerksintowninabody—fortheyhadstoodinthevestibulesuckingtheircane-heads,acirclingwallofoiledandsimperingadmirers,tillthelastgirlhadruntheirgantlet; andlastofallcametheModelBoy,WillieMufferson,takingasheedfulcareofhismotherasifshewerecutglass. Healwaysbroughthismothertochurch,andwastheprideofallthematrons. Theboysallhatedhim,hewassogood. Andbesides,hehadbeen"thrownuptothem"somuch. Hiswhitehandkerchiefwashangingoutofhispocketbehind,asusualonSundays—accidentally. Tomhadnohandkerchief,andhelookeduponboyswhohadassnobs. 

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