Elder Conklin

'Elder Conklin' is a novella written by Frank Harris. The story begins with Miss Conklin, and the new schoolmaster, Bancroft, going outside to the veranda after dinner. He was asking Miss Conklin to accompany him to a house-warming and she agrees, but is cold and sarcastic towards him because she heard he had asked another girl, Jessie Stevens, to go with him. Bancroft denies this but Miss Conklin still doesn't believe him.