“Yes, Miss Gladys. It's a long story. I shall have to begin at the beginning.”
So he told the story of his coming to the church, and of the fervor which had seized upon him, and how he had set to work to bring converts into the fold; and how he had met a wicked man who had resisted his faith, and of all the dreadful things which this man had said. When he came to what Charlie Swift had told about her own father, Samuel was disposed to expurgate the story; but Miss Gladys would have it all, and seemed even to be disappointed that he had not more details to give her.
“And Hickman!” she exclaimed gleefully. “I always knew he was an old scamp! I'll wager you haven't found out the hundredth part about him, Samuel!”
Samuel went on to tell about the revelation at Callahan's.
“And you took that to Dr. Vince!” she cried amazed.
“Yes,” said he.
“And what did he say?”
“He wouldn't have anything to do with it. And so it's all left to me.”
“And what are you going to do now?”
“I don't know, Miss Gladys. For one thing, I think I shall have to see your father.”