Show every little a help anybody who has visited cornish me has heard of uncle freeman hatch as he was called by all who knew him as genial and jovial an old gentleman as ever was squire of a prosperous country town he had a good natured ready wit and was very quick with his answers he operated a sawmill in the village and in his employ was a man named sim parker whose wages were al ways overdrawn he was a drawling hift less sort of a man in direct con ast to uncle freeman A saturday night came anc sim ully realizing the fact that hla wages were overdrawn yet ll in neau of cash approached uncle F eeman nd in a hesitating sort of said uncle freeman could you er er t me have a little money to nighta quick as a flash came tb rei ly yes sim just as little as you want no man is going to buy your piety if our peanuts are ancient the slumber of one saint Is no ex cuse for the sloth of another the only things that are established are those that never stand still the lightweight man always thinks that his buoyancy is due to his wings the devil makes a lot of people be aleve that his winking is their think ing the only version of the bible author iced by heaven Is the one on two feet |