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Amen . '' It was the first intimation the town had had of what I was doing . Springvale was not without a regard for me who had loved it always , and then the thought of danger to a fellow citizen is not without its appeal . I have been told that Judge Baronet and Aunt Candace could not get down the aisle after service until after ten o'clock that night and that the tears of men as well as women fell fast as my father gave the words of the message sent to him by Governor Crawford on the evening before . Even Chris Mead , always a quiet , stern man , sat with head bowed on the railing of the pew before him during the recital . It was noted afterwards that Judson did not remain , but took Lettie Conlow home as soon as the doxology was ended . The next day my stock in Springvale was at a premium ; for a genuine love , beside which fame and popularity are ashes and dust , was in the heart of that plain , good little Kansas town .