asked Peter , with a temerity that bordered on rashness . `` Well , I 've got so sunburned I 'm afraid folks might take me for an Injun , '' explained Peg , quite seriously . `` Besides , your minister makes such awful long prayers . Why does he do it ? '' `` I suppose he finds it easier to talk to God than to people , '' suggested Peter reflectively . `` Well , anyway , I belong to the round church , '' said Peg comfortably , `` and so the devil ca n't catch ME at the corners . I have n't been to Carlisle church for over three years . I thought I 'd a-died laughing the last time I was there . Old Elder Marr took up the collection that day . He 'd on a pair of new boots and they squeaked all the way up and down the aisles . And every time the boots squeaked the elder made a face , like he had toothache . It was awful funny . How 's your missionary quilt coming on , Cecily ? '' Was there anything Peg did n't know ? `` Very well , '' said Cecily . `` You can put my name on it , if you want to . '' `` Oh , thank you . Which section -- the five-cent one or the ten-cent one ? '' asked Cecily timidly . `` The ten-cent one , of course .
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