The neighborhood toughs greeted the new vicar of St. Luke's Episcopal Chapel with sneering hostility. They tried to frighten him off the sidewalks with raucous taunts about his celibacy. They hooted at the black cassock and big wooden cross he always wore as a member of the Society of Oblates of Mount Calvary. They sneaked into the parish house when his back was turned and smashed up the furniture. But tall, handsome Reverend Edward Henry Schlueter (rhymes with Peter) kept his stubborn smile and quietly got on with the job: bringing back to life...
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