All He Knew A Story 6.3.45

All He Knew A Story - Thunder!" exclaimed Tom, after a hard laugh. "You goin' to be a shoutin' Methodist? Won't that be bully to tell the fellers in the village?" "I'm not goin' to shout, or be anythin' I know of, except an honest man: you can tell that to all the fellers you like." "An' be told I'm a blamed liar? Not much." Mrs. Kimper seemed to be in a mournful revery, and when finally she spoke it was in the voice of a woman talking to herself, as she said,-- "After all I've been layin' up in my mind about places where there was potatoes an' chickens an' pigs an' even turkeys that could be got an' nobody'd be any the wiser! How will we ever get along through the winter?" "The Lord will provide," croaked Tom, who had often sat under the church window during a revival meeting. "If He don't, we'll do without," said Sam, "but I guess we won't suffer while I can work."

• All He Knew A Story by John Habberton details late 19th early 20th century Californian life.
• As the Capital Express train dashed into the village of Bruceton one bright afternoon, a brakeman passing through a car was touched on the shoulder by a man.
• Sam Kimper hurried through a new street, sparsely settled, crossed a large vacant lot, tramped over the grounds of an unused foundry.
• The Kimper family thinned out, numerically, as soon as the frugal evening meal was despatched.
• The church at which Deacon Quickset worshipped was not large, nor was it ever well filled when prayer and experience were the only attractions.
• Sam Kimper spent several days in looking about his native town for work.
• As the summer lengthened into early autumn, Sam Kimper became more and more troubled by the necessities of his family.
• Little by little the Kimper family was made more comfortable and put in better condition for the coming winter.