Oh, dear, dear, dear, oh, my dearest, I didnt mean to hurt you!
He hated Cleo
again now, in aninjured, puzzled way. It all blew up a month after the birth of
Bunny. Elmer caught him with his great arms, and whispered, He has goneto his
glory, to his great reward!
The Reverend Elmer Gantry drew his breath, quietly
closed the book,and shouted, OH, SHUT UP! On the stand beside him was one of
the detectivestores.
Clyde Tippeysent him back to his excavations with new
fervor. In this sense, by the Being of a man, you mean simplythe definition of
what a man as an idea means.
She breathed hard, tried to look resolute.
Whittlesey hadnt another friend left alive. Nothing that the bishop did in
these critical days wasnot known. They took the train for Zenith, to stop
overnighton their way to Chicago.
You may find God here, but youdont find the
salaries! Cleos graciousness added to his prestige.
The newspapers squealed
andthe Presbyterians bellowed and the rabbis softly chuckled. Go look it over,
and the neighborhood, and let meknow what you think. But the focus of his life
now was Cleo Benham.
Rigg was small, deep-wrinkled, with amused and knowing
eyes.
He was excited to intoxication by their laughter. Youll never educate her
to make love if you go bawlingher out. He wascertain that she had every
desirable quality. Cleos graciousness added to his prestige. As the WHAT it
means the Essence of things, or the EsseEssentiæ.
Heclung to him, muttering,
God bless you, Brother, before hehobbled out.
If old Satan were as lazy as some
would-be Christians in this burg, wed all be safe.
He was not angry with Cleo
now, nor bullying.
We got to get on to someburg where Ill have a chance.
By
enthusiasm and brass, he raised most of the church debt, andmade agitation for
a new carpet.
Not only from his pulpit but in scattered halls Elmer
campaignedand thundered.
Presently he was keeping it altogether; it was a
settledthing that they had separate bedrooms.
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