Father Mulligan were pretty good at fishing and brung in a real nice supper for him and the rest of the peoples down at the house the church provides. But he landed a bigger fish than that this week.
We was out in the middle of the lake when he started telling me how he loved to come out and fish with me, but his big job were as a fisher of men. I knew what he were talking about cause I had heard that in a lot of different churches. About a month ago Dorothy's sister, name of Sarajean, come back to Harper from California. She said it were to be with her sick mother. Me and Dorothy talked about it and both agreed that something were wrong. She looked plumb yellow looking and her eyes was red and glassy. Then we begin to notice she were sneaking around and drinking hard licker. She tried to hide the empties but were careless and we found some. I mentioned all this to Father Mulligan and he come by Dorothy's house to see Sarajean. Whatever he said were the right thing cause that girl started going to his church and ever day she drives down to light candles and all that. She's looking better and me and Dorothy is real hopeful for her future. A lot of peoples in Harper think she's been what they calls man-nip-u-lated. Me and Dorothy thinks it's a good thing.
Tomorrow: Sarajean Comes Home All Confessed and Ever Thing
Hollis' book read in 2010:
The Call of the Wild - Go where it's cold and miserable and you could end up rich, or dead.
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