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thinking of possible consequences and almost without the exercise of conscious volition upon her part, the sprange from her seat, went to the platform, stood beside the captain, and in the Scotch dialect which she had mastered, and spoke to the unruly crowd. Susie sat back in her seat amazed at her sister's act. Both sisters became "convicted of sin" at that meeting, and at a subsequent meeting were converted.
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meeting in the slums of one of the larger towns, and that they might not attract too much attention, dressed themselves very plainly. The meeting was largely attended by rough men, and so abusive were they to the young woman in charge that the sympathies of
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declared that she would rather see her dead than a member of the
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