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Minister Ridgely Chooses Calling Over Higher Pay
In Halserville a bachelor pastor Rev. Ridgely wins favor through a powerful, resonant sermon that shifts congregants. Miss Beatrix Severance, the deacon's daughter, allegedly manipulates affairs as calls to higher salaries threaten the First Church. The engagement of Beatrix to Ridgely ends orbit of gossip. he rejects other offers and stays, while news of their wedding circulates amid the church.
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