the arrangement simply because I
believe it will be best for him to pay it back. It's you I want!"
She turned from him to look out over Long Island Sound. The sun was
completing its daily journey by tossing up glorious hues of gold,
splashing the western sky without stint from its unseen pot of blending
colors. Her face seemed to catch and hold the glory of the sky.
"Beth, we must not sacrifice the love which God has given us. That is
something which all the money in the world cannot buy."
She turned about to face him. Her eyes were filled with the reflection
of the fire that glowed on the inner shrine of her heart.
"You are right, Mack. Our love is God's gift."
THE END.
Transcriber's Notes:
Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved as printed in the
original book except as indicated in the list below.
One period/comma and one single-quote/double-quote transpositions were
silently corrected. Ending punctuation was added to the List of
Illustrations. Otherwise, punctuation has not been changed to comply
with modern conventions.
Passages in italics indicated by _underscores_.
Passages in bold indicated by =equal signs=.
The following changes were made to the text.
Page 25: "spelling standardized" (but because some of your =church
members= would not try to understand them)
Page 43: "hyphenation standardized" (Very gently stroking his
=side-whiskers=, he continued:)
Page 46: Was "exclaimd" (Some =exclaimed= for, and others declaimed
against, the candidate.)
Page 56: Was "Baalam's" (here he was, the king of them all, a genuine
descendant of =Balaam's= mount)
Page 103: Was "medding" ("Are you ready to call quits and stop your
damned =meddling= in my affairs?")
Page 159: "spelling standardized" (The time has come when the church
must cut the =shore lines= that have been binding us to the
past.)
Page 186: Was "Pipin" ("You must have hit your funny-bone, or
something," hinted Miss =Pipkin=.)
Page 212: "spelling standardized" (He was roused at last by the
opening of his =study door=.)
Page 285: Was "outaw" (The fact is, he is an =outlaw= and is hiding
from justice.)
Page 351: "spelling standardized" ("Then, =good night=. Come, Beth.")
End of Project Gutenberg's Captain Pott's Minister, by Francis L. Cooper
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