CHAPTER XXVI
Samuel slept not a wink all that night. First he lay wrestling with the congregation. And then his thoughts came to MissGladys, and what he was going to say to her. This kindled a fire in his blood, and when the first streaks of dawn were in the sky, he rose and went out to walk.
Throughout all these adventures, his feelings had been mingled with the excitement of his lovefor her. Samuel hardly knew what to make of himself. He had never kissed a woman in his life before—but now desire was awake, and from the deeps of him the most unexpected emotions came surging, sweeping him away. He was a prey to longings and terrors. Wild ecstasies came to him, and then followed plunges into melancholy. He longed to see her, and other things stood in the way, and he did not know why he sh
