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[Illustration: Jack and David Jamison going to Mill]
IF YOU ARE ONLY HONEST
It is not best to try to still the voice of conscience by repeating the
popular maxim, "If you are only honest, that is all."
The mill was doing a great business that day, when Jack and David
Jamison rode up with their bag of corn to be ground. They lived on a
small farm five miles off the main road, and were not sorry at the
prospect of waiting several hours for their grist.
This would give them a chance of seeing something of the liveliness and
bustle of "The Corner," as that part of the village was called, where
stood the tavern, the store, and the mill.
Jack and David had plenty of time, and they ran about a great deal, here
and there, and saw and heard many things.
At last, a heavy shower coming on, they went back to the mill to eat
their lunch, and to inquire when their turn would come.
There they found the miller's son and the son of the squire engaged in
earnest conversation, which soon took Jack's attention. The miller's son
was urging upon the squire's son the importance of a correct
understanding of the Bible. But the squire's son only insisted that "_It
doesn't matter what a man believes, if he is only sincere_.
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