JIMVILLE 



the circuit rider who preached to the few 

 that would hear, and buried us all in turn. 

 He was the symbol of Jimville's respecta- 

 bility, although he was of a sect that held 

 dancing among the cardinal sins. The 

 management took no chances on offending 

 the minister; at 11.30 they tendered him 

 the receipts of the evening in the chair- 

 man's hat, as a delicate intimation that the 

 fair was closed. The company filed out of 

 the front door and around to the back. 

 Then the dance began formally with no 

 feelings hurt. These were the sort of cour- 

 tesies, common enough in Jimville, that 

 brought tears of delicate inner laughter. 



There were others besides Mr. Fanshawe 

 who had walked out of Mr. Harte's demesne 

 to Jimville and wore names that smacked 

 of the soil, — "Alkah Bill," "Pike" Wil- 

 son, " Three Finger," and " Mono Jim ; " 

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