The Backsliders (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Backsliders The Adirondack train departed, disappeared behind a brown hill and left the Reverend John Gray standing on the platform of Pratt's Junction. He was tall and straight, smooth-shaven, clad in clerical black, and as dignified as a good-looking young man of twenty-five could be with a bulging traveling bag in one hand and a parrot-cage in the other. The bird had not found traveling pleasant, as indicated by his ruffled feathers and still more ruffled temper. He vented his ill-humor by squawking loudly as he swung on his perch giving sidelong glances with malevolent eyes. There was only one other arrival, an energetic little red-haired fellow in a loud plaid suit. He had swung off the rear steps of the smoking-car before the wheels ceased turning, passed a check to the baggage-master, and hurried to a dilapidated stage-coach waiting by the track. He mounted to the front seat, from which he looked down with an air of satisfaction and triumph. "Redny" Feathers was a commercial traveler who prided himself on never "getting left." John Gray had expected some delegation from the church to meet him, but there was not a solitary elder in sight, and he stood for a moment, uncertain, in the shadow of the rusty tank from which the water dripped cool and sparkling in the September sun. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.