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happened to this town.” The men looked at each other quietly as Jim left. The town had changed a lot since Eli had come two years earlier, and they all knew it. Most of them teased him about his advocation of learning and religion. They said he got the women folk all stirred up, and some of them said their wives wouldn’t let them go fishing on Sundays anymore. But, in reality, they all liked him and knew everyone was better off for him being there. Some had never thought about it, though, until that very moment, but each man knew he didn’t want Eli to leave. But, for Jim, there was more, much more. 31