"Oh, Mr. Simpson, of the Methodist Church, of course: she used to go to that church years ago, you know, before she backslid."
"That's jest what I've allus said about people that falls from grace. You know the last state o' that man is worse than the first."
"Ah, that's true enough."
"It's a-puttin' yore hand to the plough-share an' then turnin' back."
"I wonder what the preacher 'll have to say fur her. It's a mighty hard case to preach about." "I'm wonderin' too what he 'll say, an' where he'll preach her."
"Well, it's hard to tell. You know the Methodists believe that there's 'salvation to be found between the stirrup an' the ground.'"
"It's a mighty comfortin' doctern, too."
"An' then they do say that she left some dyin' testimony; though I ain't never heerd tell the straight of it."
"He can't preach her into heaven, o' course, after her life. Leastways, it don't hardly seem like it would be right an' proper."
"Well, I don't think he kin preach her
