“Not John the Baptist, I hope. I don't know where we should get the locusts and wild honey for him in _this_ settlement. Might try grasshoppers, but the last bee-tree in the Bottom was cut down when I was a boy. I got a piece of the comb.” “I don't know if he said John the _Baptist;_ but it was John, anyway. And they say--or that's what Sally hearn tell--that when he was off with Enraghty and Hingston on some 'pointments down round Seneca there was doun's that 'uld make your hair stand up.” “You don't happen to know just what the doings were?” “Well, no, I don't, Squire. But they was doun's to deceive the very elec', from all I hearn.” “That's just what Hingston and Enraghty both are--the very elect. What deceived _them_?” “Oh, pshaw, now, Squire! You know I don't mean they were deceived! That's just a Bible sayin'. You see, Brother Briggs was sick and Brother Enraghty went along with Dylks and Brother Hingston to preach in his place.” “Couldn't Dylks have done the preaching?” “I reckon he could. But there was three 'p'intments, and may be Dylks couldn't fill 'em all, and may be he didn't want to. Fust Brother Enraghty preached in the Temple at Seneca, and then at Brother Christhaven's house off south of that, and then at David Mason's, the local preacher; but Brother Mason has got the consumption, and he couldn't preach, so Brother Enraghty had to do _all_ the preachun'.” “I see. Well?” “Well, that wasn't anything out o' the common, but what Dylks done to the Devil beat all the preachun', I reckon.” “How'd it get out? Devil tell?” “No. Brother Enraghty told, and Sally she got it putty straight from the wife of the man that he told it to.” “Go on,” Braile said. “I can hardly wait to hear.” “Well, sir, they had just got acrost the Leatherwood, and Brother Enraghty felt as if he was lifted all at once into heaven; air diff'ent, and full of joy. Dylks's face got brighter and brighter, and his voice sounded like music. When they got to the top of the hill where you can look back and see the Temple, Dylks turned his horse and stretched out his hands, and says he, 'How ignorant them people is of my true natur'. But time will show 'em.' Well, not just them words, you know; more dictionary; and they preached with a great outpourun' at Seneca. They didn't go to bed that night at all, accordun' to the woman's tell that Enraghty told her man; sot up tell mornun' prayun', and singun' hymns and readun' the Bible. Next mornun' when they started out Brother Enraghty seen a bright ring round Dylks's head, and whenever Dylks got down to pray the ring just stayed in the air over the saddle tell he got back, and then it dropped round his head ag'in.” Reverdy stopped for the effect, but Braile only said, “Go on! Go on!”