Still I would not
have missed seeing them _once_ for anything, but that experience is enough
to last me a lifetime."
"I used to think that the people exaggerated when talking about the actions
of the Jerkers," said Beatrice, "but I had to believe my own eyesight; it
certainly is a very strange thing."
"I wonder if it is anything like what the slaves down South used to be
affected with," said Dexie. "I have heard my grandma tell of prayer
meetings in the negro quarters, where some of the slaves would act in the
same way you describe, but I suppose it is not the same thing except in
name. I should like very much to attend a meeting."
After much persuasion, Mrs. Fremont consented to allow the young people
under her charge to attend a meeting of this peculiar sect, under the
escort of Mr. Holbrook, but the consent was given reluctantly.
"I quite understand the curiosity you have to witness such a mode of
worship," she said, smiling kindly at Dexie, "but I fear the result for
Elsie. I am afraid it would quite unnerve her."
"But if she is the least frightened she need not stay in the church to
watch them," said Lancy, who was eager to visit a McDonaldite church.
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