They say that what a child learns in the first seven years never leaves him ; so Lionel Hezekiah has only another year to get set right about these things . Oh , if I 've left it till too late ! '' When the people began to come in , Salome felt painfully the curious glances directed at her . Look where she would , she met them , unless she looked out of the window ; so out of the window she did look unswervingly , her delicate little face burning crimson with self-consciousness . She could see her home and its back yard plainly , with Lionel Hezekiah making mud-pies joyfully in the corner . Presently she saw Judith come out of the house and stride away to the pine wood behind it . Judith always betook herself to the pines in time of mental stress and strain . Salome could see the sunlight shining on Lionel Hezekiah 's bare head as he mixed his pies . In the pleasure of watching him she forgot where she was and the curious eyes turned on her . Suddenly Lionel Hezekiah ceased concocting pies , and betook himself to the corner of the summer kitchen , where he proceeded to climb up to the top of the storm-fence and from there to mount the sloping kitchen roof . Salome clasped her hands in agony . What if the child should fall ? Oh ! why had Judith gone away and left him alone ? What if -- what if -- and then , while her brain with lightning-like rapidity pictured forth a dozen possible catastrophes , something really did happen . Lionel Hezekiah slipped , sprawled wildly , slid down , and fell off the roof , in a bewildering whirl of arms and legs , plump into the big rain-water hogshead under the spout , which was generally full to the brim with rain-water , a hogshead big and deep enough to swallow up half a dozen small boys who went climbing kitchen roofs on a Sunday . Then something took place that is talked of in Carmody to this day , and even fiercely wrangled over , so many and conflicting are the opinions on the subject . Salome Marsh , who had not walked a step without assistance for fifteen years , suddenly sprang to her feet with a shriek , ran down the aisle , and out of the door ! Every man , woman , and child in the Carmody church followed her , even to the minister , who had just announced his text . When they got out , Salome was already half-way up her lane , running wildly .
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