Miss Jimmy (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...what I says is, the Lord be praised Selah " " And you are happier now, aren't you, Dan'l, than when you were living in sin? " It was Miss Sarah Kitten who spoke. Dan had been putting down her stair carpet, and she was regaling him with doughnuts and milk. " No comparison, ma'am " Dan spoke with unction. " For one thing, your victuals set so much better. A crook, ma'am, has a queasy stomach, and it stands to reason. How can his food set easy when every livin' minute he's watchin' out for the cops? You see how 'twould be yourself. S'pose I had that there silverware in my pocket,"--Miss Sarah winced, and glanced uneasily at her precious spoons and forks--" would I be able to enjoy this doughnut the way I am? I guess not. What I say is, your soul and your stomach go together. Give either one of 'em a good chance, and it's helpful to the other." So the Prodigal Dan rejoiced, and the village with him; everyone, that is, save Earl Royal. Mr. Royal, though a church member, had no confidence in sudden conversions. He had been deeply disturbed by the attempted robbery of his cherished shop, and was firmly convinced that the reform of Dan Wilson was a sham and a blind. Women, he said, were easy imposed upon, and ministers little better; this was a very artful fellow. He had pulled the wool over Jemima's eyes, and Mr. Lindsay's, and between them they had talked folks over; but let Wilson get a Man's Eye onto him, and they should see Dan, working peacefully in the garden, was aware at times of this Eye, peering malevolently at him from the kitchen window. If he stopped to straighten his round shoulders and pass the time of day with a neighbor, the window would be raised, and a thin, sharp voice would ask him how long he was going to be on that...