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‘he God-Seeker « « « by Sinclir Levis

Synopsis: Aaron Gadd, the young man from New England (horizontally, and it was really too deeply to want to chatter learned my psychclogy from siz-

‘who has come to the wilds of Minnesota to preach te the Dakotas, (painted. Mr. Speezer must have about them.” ling up folks, not hooks! Wellllll--has now met most of the little community at the wilderness Mis- blown in his own money, and “That's so,” said Huldah vague- Time to be headin’ for home, 1 sion: Squire Harge and his children; Miss Huldah Purdick, a plump |wildly, to have had white paint. ly, not looking at” Sister Speezer BUess. vi \ that there; Luna said brightly to Aaron,

and sweet teacher; the scholarly Rev, Speezer and his sharp wife; And they had ‘a sitting-room while Aaron decided Jake and Anna Wherryman who help farm and run the establish. in which no cooking was done. Was something not ment, plus numerous children and a few of the Indians. Aaron [It was lavish with a Brussels holy here. o is to live in an attic room with the Wherrymans and Huldah. carpet, a rug of lambskin dyed, Aaron hesitated, “When I hear A Ishop : Meanwhile his mind dwells ‘on Selene Lanark, daughter of a red, a red plush couch,~rocking all of you, I feel kind of guilty | Outside, Harge snickered to rich fur trader nearby, whe is currently in the East |chairs and real brass andirons./so practical. Squire, do you think|Aaron, “Sorry I had to put ; PIN {The point of interest (the twelve- it might be a good idea for me, Brother Speezer in his place-about: CHAPTER NINE by-twelve room was a little/tomorrow, to start my work by his colleges and his languages BESSIE HARGE danced in with a message from the Squire; © ow. 0" ooo center table that devoting the whole day to prayer and all that hocus-pocus. There's| Aaron and he were to have supper at the Speezers’, right away ... 21.0 a desk and a bookcase and fasting?” : \ [no more earnest Christian alive |} ga now; getting late. : |climbing in diminishing tiers, | Harge stared at him, long, th€h than he is, for all his high-falutin’| Aaron hastily changed to nis good black suit and, under a sad, H that f 'guffawed, “Brother Speezer and ways, and no truer witness to sal-| prairie sunset, in the growing autumn chill when everything about Squire Harge Wade that for .n4 the women can take care of vation, but when he gets uppity him seemed allen and unfriendly, he trudged over to the Squire's. Me With his own hands, purred othe praying that's necessary about his supposed learning, I| He tried to make the Mission his|——— .—————————————— MF. Bpeezer. “He's an artist, a8, 54 here! You start right offjjust take it on myself to remind own;“in.90 seconds he had built] Fier voice was everything clear well as a great Christian leader.” tomorrow motning digging po- him that God and his angels) a dairybarn and a tall church 20d gentle that a girl's should be,| «yp_yh—nothing at all!” flut- tatoes and turning the grindstone know about as much as college with patterned windows, and Se- with a’diminished Yankee quack tered the Squire. for Jake. Tools awful dull, You professors.” ; lene had come to relieve his lone- 10 it to inake it funny and en-| “This room is also my study,” give your attention to them! 1f| Jake Wherryman said. “Aaron, liness © |dearing. said Mr. Speezer. “I hope that you feel called on to pray-—and I|/it's near 9 o'clock! What you Ce : 3 a8 some day some wandering scholar guess that's a fine idea—you can and the reverend clergy been up At the Manse, the Squire, with = «AARON, I do apologize for not will be pleased to learn and re- do it in the evening!” to? Kissin’ games? Which was . tender clumsiness, under the boss- coming down to welcome you. I ember that here I finished my Aaron felt that he had begun smarter at 'em? Luny or Huldy?” ing of Bessie, was preparing a just don't feel very well, these w.rk on Dakota syntax.” not as an acolyte but as a booby.| “You keep still, Jake,” Huldah tray to take up to Marcle. He few days, The Squire says you «Brother Herbert, we shall be Harge was explaining, “You said with aristrocratic disdain, had put one purple aster into an are called ‘Neighbor, and We remembered, if at all, only for Know, Neighbor, we're counting| Aaron inquired, “There's one

old ink bottle. were real neighbors: I come from pay £m on you--and mighty grateful ithing I have to do. Say, where having shown e lost heathen you understand—for quite a lot is Castle Lanark? How far from

altogether “You must sign our guest book. There's some’ lovely names. in it.

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“Here, you take this tray up to Maine, 1 i never Sg it again.”| soul the true road to redemption,” Jou Jud a Mercie and surprise her,” Harge e Squire bumbled, “Nonserfse, growled Squire Harge " vil “ey " Y Ve " . { and shell it Castle w ? said- to Aaron. “I'll follow you nonsense, dearie! You'll be down- = «gp doubtless, doubtless, Husk he on ! L e | Gants At) woblere Jake " stairs again any day now and I'll " d Mr. SB the and finish the"fall plowing . . The trader. up. Squire,” sal r. Speezer S00 t fence posts and flajl| They chuckled, and Jake ex- " p h t be get emergency leave from the get up some fence posts a 3 . Maybe sped Father: ao: “be ey : ack ingly, as one who should say, pn, wheat and boss the Indian Plained, “Castle? Oh, my land o’ surprised.” Board and take you right back to «gpeak (ér yourself, my unalpha- = 0 00 oo dig the rest of Goshen! It's a bunch of shacks “Oh, she's be. Maine—your ol’ coves and har- yj. friend!” y at 4/in the next ravine west'ard.” bors. And till then, you can ride the turnips an potatoes an “I met Selene, and she said "

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These women!” They supped in the kitchen, and In an old-fashioned spool-bed, horseback with this young skee- n,,onificently, on boiled turnips, | FOV pt big ne nder ro “Sleen’s a sly minx. Ain't seen Mercie Harge sat up smuing at zics here, Personally, 1 never pgjjeq potatoes, cornbread and chen -stoy nc p her since she was a. girl, but . . . floor in my sitting-room and Sly!” was Anna's opinion. 4

the shy, -tray-bearing ~ Aaron. could get along on horses, the maple syrup. Most of the time : Flushed witr illness, Mercie's was clumsy things, even though when pat li Sherr young friend for there's: some repairs on the cart, Lop no, she was. a smart. a flower-like Tace, very soft and 1 was on circuit, as a lawyer, I pi. innocence in thinking that he and we need a new privy and a/pright young un,” said Huldah. even, with flutters of acorn-col- had to ride. I never could get a wou now a Minnesota pioneer. couple of ox-yokes and I have a] In Anna's face was dread. “Mr. ored hair about it. Seléne Lanark horse to listen to reason. They're mhey explained that, actually, he clock than won't run and you Lanark makes fun of our mission

haught 4 irregularly 38 bad as these Indian codgers: p,q come at an era of decadent might butcher some pigs and-a and he tells the Indians what to was augntily an Srreg y . ’ lealf and salt down the meat and|/do. Shining Wind, their wakan

Harge was the soul of delicacy and femininity and innocent perversity, pansy-faced with traces of kitten and of sharp flint, In blue-ribbon drawn muslin cap and her new pink bedjacket, she did not seem more than 25. But she was 33 and tired with living.

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gay, while Mercie shook her head at Aaron as though they were both sorry for Harge, as though they had known each other for years and years and only Aaron understood that she would never again go riding. They shook hands quietly. “I'm glad you came, Aaron. You bring the salt New England air in with you,” sald Mercie.

beautiful; Huldah Purdick was Rather pay attention to the voices ,yyry, comforting; Nadine Brun was of their pérsonal devils!” s wu =» maybe help Anna dip some candles man here, hates us, and if the theatrically bold; but Mercie Harge chuckled on, trying tobe AS THEY TALKED around the and make soap and fix our little|village all got drunk some time c go by bands in- and Mr. Lanark sdid they could

fire he was embarrassed by the|grist-mill so's it'll nakedness of their plety.

his boyhood of listening to neigh- partition in the church so’s we can al bprhood theology had not trained have two rooms for school classes. | “And some day,” unclothing of the Mysteries, And happily, “we'll start a brickyar Huldah Purdick came in and|ppat']| give Jake and you Some-| played nurse to the ghostly medi-| ying to do. Then after that, you 8et around him, newcomer like

{can begin to:learn Sioux properly,

him to feel easy before such brisk

catipns, Said Mr. Speezer, “Brother! ) Gadd, I hear you were converted and start your

joy of yielding studies.”

Even |stead of ropes and put a movable they migh skip over and massacre

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1 of us.” “Still, IT guess I have tp see if he's Selene’'s father,” aid Harge ’ . , 8 ge fretted Aaron. Jake argued, “Maybe you can

you. He laughs at the rest of us. A cold-hearted man, awful mean; a Scotty; looks down on us Yanks. ’ {He'd like to see us all weltering

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» | LUNA SPEEZER purled: within our blood.” nore worldly. It-was sided with White Plotter urge Spoke: |especial sweetness, So you think Aaron climbed -up the alpine narrow, dovetailed ‘boards set 3 i to feel yourself pierced by the more than five or six years? Orin the musky storeroom which [Holy Spirit, to be all on fire, to pérhaps seven?” |separated their chambers, “You {rise clear up to the clouds and to| Aaron was certain that there Can see we've taken you right into need all that, didn’t you?” Harge was defending himself: (To Be Continued “Yes—oh, yes—I think I did.” | “Well, I haven't as much time| oo. ient. 1949, Sinclair we) Revit. Luna Speezer said blandly,/to the books as I'd like. Yessir, |ed by arrangement with Random House Copyright, 1949, New York P

Huldah thrilled, “Oh, Aaron, Our young friend will be able to stairs after Huldah, who said a > [float down in ineffable peace and|was malice in her, but whether the family. Everybody loves you. “Maybe Brother Gadd feels things|I went to Brush College and I &ifperaiion. =~ 10°" ° ™

lcan life ever hold such ecstasy: begin conning his-books in not somewhat lingering good night | > Doubl Inflation labide in the temple of the in-|it was against himself or against Good night and sleep tight, Friend |dwelling Trinity! . . . You experi-ithe Squire, he could not tell {Aaron. See you tomorrow!” : J ie DOWNSTAIRS W AN fi '} £ IAN

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