She hates ministers and everything that 's good . She has n't darkened a church door for years . She never had any religious tendency to begin with , and when there was such a scandal about her , old Mr. Dinwoodie , our pastor then -- a godly man , Mr. Telford -- he did n't hold no truck with evildoers -- he went right to her to reprove and rebuke her for her sins . Min , she flew at him . She vowed then she 'd never go to church again , and she never has . People hereabouts has talked to her and tried to do her good , but it ai n't no use . Why , I 've heard that woman say there was no God . It 's a fact , Mr. Telford -- I have . Some of our ministers has tried to visit her . They did n't try it more than once . The last one -- he was about your heft -- he got a scare , I tell you . Min just caught him by the shoulder and shook him like a rat ! Did n't see it myself but Mrs. Rawlings did . Ye ought to hear her describin ' of it . '' Galletly chuckled over the recollection , his wicked little eyes glistening with delight . Telford was thankful when they reached the store . He felt that he could not endure this man 's society any longer . Nevertheless , he felt strangely interested . This Min Palmer must at least be different from the rest of the Cornerites , if only in the greater force of her wickedness . He almost felt as if her sins on the grand scale were less blameworthy than the petty vices of her censorious neighbours .
XXXXX eagerly joined the group of loungers on the dirty wet platform , and Telford passed into the store .
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