asked the young lady , as they drove away . `` First-rate ! '' answered Ben , heartily . `` Especially the sermon ? '' Ben laughed , and said , with an affectionate glance at the little book in her lap , -- `` I could n't understand it ; but that story was just elegant . There 's more ; and I 'd admire to read 'em , if I could . '' `` I 'm glad you like them ; and we will keep the rest for another sermon-time . Thorny used to do so , and always called this his ` pew book . ' I do n't expect you to understand much that you hear yet awhile ; but it is good to be there , and after reading these stories you will be more interested when you hear the names of the people mentioned here . '' `` Yes , 'm . Was n't David a fine feller ? I liked all about the kid and the corn and the ten cheeses , and killin ' the lion and bear , and slingin ' old Goliath dead first shot . I want to know about Joseph next time , for I saw a gang of robbers puttin ' him in a hole , and it looked real interesting . '' Miss Celia could not help smiling at Ben 's way of telling things ; but she was pleased to see that he was attracted by the music and the stories , and resolved to make church-going so pleasant that he would learn to love it for its own sake . `` Now , you have tried my way this morning , and we will try yours this afternoon . Come over about four and help me roll Thorny down to the grove . I am going to put one of the hammocks there , because the smell of the pines is good for him , and you can talk or read or amuse yourselves in any quiet way you like . '' `` Can I take Sanch along ? He does n't like to be left , and felt real bad because I shut him up , for fear he 'd follow and come walkin ' into meetin ' to find me . '' `` Yes , indeed ; let the clever Bow-wow have a good time and enjoy Sunday as much as I want my boys to . ''
Quite content with this arrangement , XXXXX went home to dinner , which he made very lively by recounting Billy Barton 's ingenious devices to beguile the tedium of sermon time .
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