"
"What! Not know Mr. Barnes, the minister of Hayfield Centre? Don't you
remember hearing me preach for your minister?"
"Seems to me I do," answered the young man, persuading himself that he
ought to remember.
"Of course you do. Now, my young friend, I am very glad to have met
you."
"So am I," said the other, awkwardly.
"You can do me a favor, if you will."
"Of course, I will," said Jonathan, "if it's anything I can do."
"Yes, you will have no trouble about it. You see, I went into a
jeweler's near by to sell a valuable ring, and they wanted to make sure
I was really a minister, and not intending to cheat them. If you will go
in with me, and say that you have often heard me preach, and that I am
the Rev. Mr. Barnes, of Hayfield Centre, I won't mind paying you five
dollars for your trouble."
"All right; I'll do it," said the rustic, considering that it would be
an unusually easy way of earning few dollars.
"You'll remember the name, won't you?"
"Yes--Parson Barnes, of Hayfield Centre."
"That is right. The store is near by. Walk along with us, and we will be
there in five minutes."
CHAPTER XXIII
A NEW EXPEDIENT
"I believe your name is Peck?" said Mr. Montgomery, hazarding a guess.
"No, it's Young, Ephraim Young."
"Of course it is. I remember now, but I am apt to forget names. You said
your parents were quite well?"
"Yes, they're pretty smart.
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