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We used to try to keep him in , afternoons , but we could n't always . '' `` Tell her about that day he went to meeting , '' said Mrs. Snow . `` Why , one of us always used to stay to home with him ; we took turns ; and somehow or ` nother he never offered to go , though by spells he would be constant to meeting in the morning . Why , bless you , you never 'd think anything ailed him a good deal of the time , if you saw him before noon , though sometimes he would be freaky , and hide himself in the barn , or go over in the woods , but we always kept an eye on him . But this Sunday there was going to be a great occasion . Old Parson Croden was going to preach ; he was thought more of than anybody in this region : you 've heard tell of him a good many times , I s ` pose . He was getting to be old , and did n't preach much .