` You are a literary woman , hey ? ' he said suddenly , as if he 'd got a new idea , and was going to pounce upon me with it . ` Ahem ! I do a little in that line , ' I answered , with a modest cough . ` Then tell people about that place ; write some stories for the children ; go and help teach them ; do something , and make others do what they can to increase the sabbath sunshine that brightens one day in the week for the poor babies who live in shady places . ' ' I should be glad to do my best ; and , if I 'd known before ' -- I began . ` You might have known , if you 'd looked about you . People are so wrapt up in their own affairs they do n't do half they might . Now , then , hand me a bit of paper , and I 'll give you the address , so you wo n't have any excuse for forgetting what I tell you . ' ` Mercy on us ; what will he do next ? ' thought I , as he tweaked a feather out of his breast , gave the nib a peck , and then coolly wrote these words on the card I handed him : ' Church of the Disciples . Knock and it shall be opened ! ' There it was , in letters of gold ; and , while I looked at it , feeling reproached that I had n't known it sooner , my friend , -- he did n't seem a stranger any more , -- said in a business-like tone , as he put back his pen , ` Now I must be off . Old Ben reads an article on the `` Abuses of the Press at the present day , '' and I must be there to report . ' ` It must be very interesting . I suppose you do n't allow mortals at your meetings ? ' said I , burning to go , in spite of the storm . ` No , ma'am . We meet on the Common ; and , in the present state of the weather , I do n't think flesh and blood would stand it . Bronze , marble , and wood are sterner stuff , and can defy the elements . '
` Good evening ; pray , call again , ' I XXXXX , hospitably . '
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