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Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin. The Story of Waitstill Baxter
The Story of Waitstill Baxter
Table of Contents
SPRING
I. SACO WATER
II. THE SISTERS
III. DEACON BAXTER'S WIVES
IV. SOMETHING OF A HERO
V. PATIENCE AND IMPATIENCE
VI. A KISS
VII. “WHAT DREAMS MAY COME”
SUMMER
VIII. THE JOINER'S SHOP
IX. CEPHAS SPEAKS
X. ON TORY HILL
XI. A JUNE SUNDAY
XII. THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER
XIII. HAYING-TIME
XIV. UNCLE BART DISCOURSES
XV. IVORY'S MOTHER
XVI. LOCKED OUT
AUTUMN
XVII. A BRACE OF LOVERS
XVIII. A STATE O' MAINE PROPHET
XIX. AT THE BRICK STORE
XX. THE ROD THAT BLOSSOMED
XXI. LOIS BURIES HER DEAD
XXII. HARVEST-TIME
XXIII. AUNT ABBY'S WINDOW
XXIV. PHOEBE TRIUMPHS
XXV. LOVE'S YOUNG DREAMS
WINTER
XXVI. A WEDDING-RING
XXVII. THE CONFESSIONAL
XXVIII. PATTY IS SHOWN THE DOOR
XXIX. WAITSTILL SPEAKS HER MIND
XXX. A CLASH OF WILLS
XXXI. SENTRY DUTY
XXXII. THE HOUSE OF AARON
XXXIII. AARON'S ROD
“IVORY! IVORY!”
XXXIV. THE DEACON'S WATERLOO
XXXV. TWO HEAVENS
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Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Published by Good Press, 2019
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He was thought a sharp and shrewd trader, but his honesty was never questioned; indeed, the only trait in his character that ever came up for general discussion was his extraordinary, unbelievable, colossal meanness. This so eclipsed every other passion in the man, and loomed so bulkily and insistently in the foreground, that had he cherished a second vice no one would have observed it, and if he really did possess a casual virtue, it could scarcely have reared its head in such ugly company.
It might be said, to defend the fair name of the Church, that Mr. Baxter's deaconhood did not include very active service in the courts of the Lord. He had “experienced religion” at fifteen and made profession of his faith, but all well-brought-up boys and girls did the same in those days; their parents saw to that! If change of conviction or backsliding occurred later on, that was not their business! At the ripe age of twenty-five he was selected to fill a vacancy and became a deacon, thinking it might be good for trade, as it was, for some years. He was very active at the time of the “Cochrane craze,” since any defence of the creed that included lively detective work and incessant spying on his neighbors was particularly in his line; but for many years now, though he had been regular in attendance at church, he had never officiated at communion, and his diaconal services had gradually lapsed into the passing of the contribution-box, a task of which he never wearied; it was such a keen pleasure to make other people yield their pennies for a good cause, without adding any of his own!
