How could a Presbyterian get along without a devil ? '' `` DO you ? '' persisted Miss Cornelia . Captain Jim suddenly became grave . `` I believe in what I heard a minister once call ' a mighty and malignant and INTELLIGENT power of evil working in the universe , ' '' he said solemnly . `` I do THAT , Cornelia . You can call it the devil , or the ` principle of evil , ' or the Old Scratch , or any name you like . It 's THERE , and all the infidels and heretics in the world ca n't argue it away , any more 'n they can argue God away . It 's there , and it 's working . But , mind you , Cornelia , I believe it 's going to get the worst of it in the long run . '' `` I am sure I hope so , '' said Miss Cornelia , none too hopefully . `` But speaking of the devil , I am positive that Billy Booth is possessed by him now . Have you heard of Billy 's latest performance ? '' `` No , what was that ? '' `` He 's gone and burned up his wife 's new , brown broadcloth suit , that she paid twenty-five dollars for in Charlottetown , because he declares the men looked too admiring at her when she wore it to church the first time . Was n't that like a man ? '' `` Mistress Booth IS mighty pretty , and brown 's her color , '' said Captain Jim reflectively . `` Is that any good reason why he should poke her new suit into the kitchen stove ? Billy Booth is a jealous fool , and he makes his wife 's life miserable . She 's cried all the week about her suit .
Oh , Anne , I wish I could write like you , XXXXX ME .
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