Crossword-Solution: DOANE 5 letters, 8 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 6

Among those I most loved were two widely differing types--Captain Doane, a retired sea-captain, and Relief Paine, an invalid chained to her couch, but whose beautiful influence permeated the community like an atmosphere.

Captain Doane was one of the finest men I have ever known--highminded, tolerant, sympathetic, and full of understanding, He was not only my friend, but my church barometer.

When I got into my subject, he would lean forward--the angle at which he sat indicating the degree of attention I had aroused--and when I was strongly holding my congregation Brother Doane would bend toward me, following every word I uttered with corresponding motions of his lips.

Even my old friend Captain Doane, fine and high-minded citizen though he was, was not above enjoying the mild diversion of these social gatherings, and on one occasion at least he furnished the best part of the entertainment.

The departing minister was, it seemed, the topic of the day's discussion, and, to tease Captain Doane one young man who knew the strength of his friendship for me suddenly began to speak, then pursed up his lips and looked eloquently mysterious.