`` Her 's dying , '' said Maggie with a broad grin . `` And her 's awful skeered of hell . Her just knew ter-day her was dying . Maggie told her -- her would n't believe the harbour women , but her believed Maggie . Her yelled awful . '' Maggie chuckled to herself over the gruesome remembrance . Mr. Leonard , his heart filled with pity , called Janet and told her to give the poor creature some refreshment . But Maggie shook her head . `` No , no , preacher , Maggie must get right back to Naomi . Maggie 'll tell her the preacher 's coming ter save her from hell . '' She uttered an eerie cry , and ran at full speed shoreward through the spruce woods . `` The Lord save us ! '' said Janet in an awed tone . `` I knew the poor girl was simple , but I did n't know she was like THAT . And are you going , sir ? '' `` Yes , of course . I pray God I may be able to help the poor soul , '' said Mr. Leonard sincerely . He was a man who never shirked what he believed to be his duty ; but duty had sometimes presented itself to him in pleasanter guise than this summons to Naomi Clark 's death-bed . The woman had been the plague spot of Lower Carmody and Carmody Harbour for a generation . In the earlier days of his ministry to the congregation he had tried to reclaim her , and Naomi had mocked and flouted him to his face .
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