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Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky by William Gilmore Simms
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of pride, which yet had no scruples at practising so wretched an
imposture. He insisted upon making compensation, or upon leaving
the house; and, not to incur this risk, Hinkley consented to receive
a weekly sum in payment; but the charge was considerably smaller,
as we may suppose, than it would have been had the lodger simply
appeared as an inoffensive traveller, practising no fraud and making
no professions of religion.

Having effected all these arrangements, to his own satisfaction and
seemingly that of all others, John Cross departed once more into
the wilderness on his single-hearted ministry of love. A sturdy
and an honest worker was he in the tabernacle, with a right mind
if not a very wise one; and doing more good in his generation, and
after the fashion of his strength, than is often permitted to the
stall-fed doctors of his vocation.

The reader will suppose that the old man has been already gone some
seven days. Meanwhile, the young student has fairly made himself
at home in Charlemont. He has a snug room, entirely to himself, at
Squire Hinkley's, and, by the excellent care of the worthy dame, it
is provided with the best bedding and the finest furniture. Her
own hands sweep it clean, morning and night, for the incipient
parson; she makes up the bed, and, in customary phrase, puts it in
all respects to rights. His wants are anticipated, his slightest
suggestion met with the most prompt consideration; and John Cross
himself, humble and unexacting as he was, might have felt some
little twinges of mortal envy could he have known that his protege
promised to become a much greater favorite than himself.

This, indeed, seemed very likely to be the case. A good young
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