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THAT PRINTER OF UDELL'S
A STORY OF THE MIDDLE WEST
BY HAROLD BELL WRIGHT
DEDICATION
TO THAT FRIEND WHOSE LIFE HAS TAUGHT ME
MANY BEAUTIFUL TRUTHS; WHOSE WORDS
HAVE STRENGTHENED AND ENCOURAGED ME
TO LIVE MORE TRUE TO MY GOD, MY FELLOWS
AND MYSELF; WHO HOPED FOR ME WHEN
OTHERS LOST HOPE; WHO BELIEVED IN ME
WHEN OTHERS COULD NOT; WHO SAW GOOD
WHEN OTHERS LOOKED FOR EVIL; TO THAT
FRIEND, WHOEVER HE IS, WHEREVER HE MAY
BE, I AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATE THIS STORY.
H. B. W.
"And the King shall answer and say unto
them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch
as ye did it unto one of these my brethren,
even these least, ye did it unto me."
CHAPTER I
"O God, take ker' o' Dick!--He'll sure have a tough time when I'm
gone,--an' I'm er' goin'--mighty fast I reckon.--I know I aint done
much ter brag on,--Lord,--but I aint had nary show.--I allus 'low'd
ter do ye better,--but hit's jes' kept me scratchin'--ter do fer me
an' Dick,--an' somehow I aint had time--ter sarve--ye like I ought.--An'
my man he's most ways--no 'count an' triflin',--Lord,--'cepten when
he likers up,--an' then,--you know how he uses me an' Dick.--But Dick,
he aint no ways ter blame--fer what his dad an' mammy is,--an' I ax
ye--fair,--o Lord,--take ker o' him--fer--Jesus' sake--Amen.
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