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This was in the afternoon and was all forgotten noith her Sunday clothes she never would have worn in that jareat occasion, Aunt Betsy elbowed her way up thelook, especially when Uncle Ephraihs, and then disappeared in the little vestry room where he held a private consultation with the rector That she knew sohbors didn't was evident But she kept it to herself, turning her head occasionally to look up at the organ where Katy was presiding Others, too, there ho turned their heads as the soft liquid an to fill the church, and the heavy bass rolled up the aisles,a thrill through every vein It was a skillful hand which swept the keys that night, for Katy's forte was music, and she played with her whole soul, not the voluntary there before her in printed for parts ofthe, she filled the house as it had never been filled before, playing a soft, sweet refrain when she thought of Helen, then bursting into louder, fuller tones, when she re, and then as she recalled her own sacrifice since she knelt at the altar a happy bride, the organ notes see to a stor out as dies the suan boy looked at Katy as she played, al his part of the perfor to hih, ain't she a brick," and whispering to her: "Didn't we go that strong?"

Katy knew she had made an impression, and her cheeks were very red as she went down to the body of the church, joining the children hoot herself in the happiness of the little ones, who could scarcely be controlled until the short service was over and the gifts about to be distributed Much the people had wondered where Helen was, as, without the aid of music, Katy led the children in their carols, and this wonder increased when as time passed on it hispered around that "Miss Lennox had coister"