From time to time all over ew england, we gather at our town hall to hammer out opinion of the politic opinions of the public in meetings like this. Sometimes the meetings get out of hand and we argue back when the margaret when the moderator asks for order. But we like it that way, because we figure we elected him to the job in the first place. Because we figure we elected him to the job in the first place. This particular meeting was pretty much like all the rest, except that the moderator alled on joseph. Joseph was selfconscious and i had to persuade him to speak. This was his first town meeting. His first and his last. Six months before, joseph had been a stranger to cummington. As his minister i thought i had come to know him better than others had in those six months and watching him speak, as a neighbor and friend, i was remembering the day that joseph arrived with his wife, anna. I had heard of these refugees at a conference of ministers. They needed a place to live. My church
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