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Adventures in Contentment
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David Grayson
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So
I
walked
with
him
down
to
the
lane.
"Let
me
know
when
you
grease
up
again,"
he
said,
"and
I'll
come
over."
So
we
shook
hands:
and
he
set
off
sturdily
down
the
road
with
the
pie-plant
leaves
waving
cheerfully
over
his
shoulder.
VIII
A
BOY
AND
A
PREACHER
This
morning
I
went
to
church
with
Harriet.
I
usually
have
some
excuse
for
not
going,
but
this
morning
I
had
them
out
one
by
one
and
they
were
altogether
so
shabby
that
I
decided
not
to
use
them.
So
I
put
on
my
stiff
shirt
and
Harriet
came
out
in
her
best
black
cape
with
the
silk
fringes.
She
looked
so
immaculate,
so
ruddy,
so
cheerfully
sober
(for
Sunday)
that
I
was
reconciled
to
the
idea
of
driving
her
up
to
the
church.
And
I
am
glad
I
went,
for
the
experience
I
had.
It
was
an
ideal
summer
Sunday:
sunshiny,
clear
and
still.
I
believe
if
I
had
been
some
Rip
Van
Winkle
waking
after
twenty
years'
sleep
I
should
have
known
it
for
Sunday.
Away
off
over
the
hill
somewhere
we
could
hear
a
lazy
farm
boy
singing
at
the
top
of
his
voice:
the
higher
cadences
of
his
song
reached
us
pleasantly
through
the
still
air.
The
hens
sitting
near
the
lane
fence,
fluffing
the
dust
over
their
backs,
were
holding
a
small
and
talkative
service
of
their
own.
As
we
turned
into
the
main
road
we
saw
the
Patterson
children
on
their
way
to
church,
all
the
little
girls
in
Sunday
ribbons,
and
all
the
little
boys
very
uncomfortable
in
knit
stockings.
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