ously, and even gone to the length of finding out
what books law-students began upon.

Thank God! all that was past and gone now.
The Call sounded, resonant and imperative, in his
ears, and there was no impulse of his heart, no
fibre of his being, which did not stir in devout
response. He closed his eyes, to be the more
wholly alone with the Spirit, that moved him.

The jangling of a bell in the hallway broke
sharply upon his meditations, and on the instant
his wife thrust in her head from the kitchen.

"You'll have to go to the door, Theron!" she
warned him, in a loud, swift whisper. "I'm not
fit to be seen. It's the trustees."

"All right," he said, and rose slowly from
sprawling recumbency to his feet. "I'll go."

"And don't forget," she added strenuously; "I
believe in Levi Gorringe! I've seen him go past
here with his rod and fish-basket twice in eight
days, and that's a good sign. He's got a soft side
somewhere. And just keep a stiff upper lip about
the gas, and don't you let them jew you down a
solitary cent on that sidewalk."

"All right," said Theron, again, and moved
reluctantly toward the hall-door.

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