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And Katy ar of Wilford Cameron or not none could tell She said noif it were true, as she had heard, that he built the new church in Silverton

"Yes, and runs it, too," Aunt Betsy answered, energetically, proceeding to tell what goin's-on they had, with the 'in, and the folks all talkin' together "Morris got ht meetin' was left out half a dozen tio to a show, if it was a good one, and I told Morris so He laughed and said I'd feel different when I knew 'eood as theet to heaven a long ways ahead of me, if he is a 'Piscopal"

To this there was no response, and being launched on her favorite topic, Aunt Betsy continued: "If you'll believe it, Helen here is one of 'eht of 'Piscopal quirks into her head Why, she and Morris sing that talkin'-like singin' Sundays when the folks git up and Helen plays the accordeon"

"Melodeon, aunty, hed ain, and this tiua, where she had soua, and what talking of itinnurounds, and whether there were as many flowers there now as there used to be in the days when she and Helen went to say their lessons at Linwood, as they had done before Morris sailed for Europe

"I think it right ly, "and I aainst this all exclaimed at once She was too tired, the ested that she had not yet told them about her trip, and Uncle Ephraioing that afternoon to Spencer This last settled it Katymuch about her journey, she explored every nook and crevice of the old house and barn, finding the nest Aunt Betsy had so long looked for in vain, and proving to the anxious daht when she insisted that the speckled hen had stolen her nest and was in the act of setting Later in the day, and a neighbor passing by spied the littlein the cart off into thetheher jokes upon the sober deacon, who shter the labor seemed because she was there with him, a hindrance instead of a help, in spite of her efforts to handle the rake skillfully