"No; have all you want," said Bacon, as he rose from the table and passed out the door.
"I guess I'll see the thing through," said the hand. "It ain't just square to leave the women folks to bear the brunt of it."
It was shortly after breakfast that the Elder concluded he'd walk up to Brother Jennings' and see about church matters.
"I shall expect you, Brother Bacon, to be at the service at 2:30."
"All right, go ahead expectun'," responded Bacon, with an inscrutable sidewise glance.
"You promised, you remember?"
"The—devil—I did!" the old man snarled.
The Elder looked back with a smile, and went off whistling in the warm, bright morning.