Hepsey Burke

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“YOU HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING THAT LOOKED LIKE A PARSON, HAVE YOU? YOU CAN GENERALLY SPOT ’EM EVERY TIME”
HEPSEY BURKE
FRANK N. WESTCOTT
ILLUSTRATED BY FREDERICK R. GRUGER
New York THE H. K. FLY COMPANY Publishers
Copyright, 1915, by THE H. K. FLY COMPANY. Copyright, 1915, by THE RED BOOK CORPORATION. Copyright, 1914, by THE RED BOOK CORPORATION.
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The noisy, loose-jointed train pulled out of the station, leaving behind it a solitary young man, enveloped in smoke and cinders. In the middle of the platform stood a little building with a curb roof, pointed at both ends like a Noah’s Ark; and the visitor felt that if he could only manage to lift up one side of the roof he would find the animals “two by two,” together with the cylindrical Noah and the rest of his family. There was no one in sight but the station-master, who called out from the ticket office: 12
“Did you want to go to the village? The ’bus won’t be down till the next train: but maybe you can ride up on the ice wagon.”
“Thanks,” the stranger replied. “I think I’ll wait for the ’bus, if it’s not too long.”