"
Mrs. Mayfield, feeling that the preacher was not attaching enough
importance to the coming marriages, ventured to remark that her brother,
who was a United States Judge at Nashville, had ever been regarded as a
keen appraiser of a horse. But the fact that she was the sister of so
distinguished a man did not at all startle the preacher. "Glad to know
it, Miss. I'll go out and look at your hoss, Jasper."
"After the wedding," Margaret suggested.
"And then you can swop hosses all day," said Jim.
"A good idea no doubt, Brother Jim Starbuck. And how are the people over
in your highland district?"
"In need of the gospel as they are here," Jim replied.
"Yes, here and everywhere, Brother Jim Starbuck. Your breed of hosses up
there are very sure-footed. I had one that could climb a hill-side like
a goat. Many professions resultant from the revivals last fall, Brother
Jim Starbuck?"
"Yes, and a number of additions to the church."
"That is indeed encouraging. I preached just beyond there one conference
year, and aside from the death of a very valuable hoss, I was quite
successful.
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