I heard her . I always have my ears pricked up when Mrs. Alec Davis comes to tea . She said you were all going from bad to worse and that though it was only what was to be expected when you had nobody to bring you up , still the congregation could n't be expected to put up with it much longer , and something would have to be done . The Methodists just laugh and laugh at you , and that hurts the Presbyterian feelings . SHE says you all need a good dose of birch tonic . Lor ' , if that would make folks good I oughter be a young saint . I 'm not telling you this because I want to hurt YOUR feelings . I 'm sorry for you '' -- Mary was past mistress of the gentle art of condescension . '' I understand that you have n't much chance , the way things are . But other people do n't make as much allowance as I do . Miss Drew says Carl had a frog in his pocket in Sunday School last Sunday and it hopped out while she was hearing the lesson . She says she 's going to give up the class . Why do n't you keep your insecks home ? '' `` I popped it right back in again , '' said Carl . `` It did n't hurt anybody -- a poor little frog ! And I wish old Jane Drew WOULD give up our class . I hate her . Her own nephew had a dirty plug of tobacco in his pocket and offered us fellows a chew when Elder Clow was praying . I guess that 's worse than a frog . '' `` No , 'cause frogs are more unexpected-like .
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