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After a pause he said gently, that he hoped she would sit with Mrs

King and hiht her hands together convulsively; "I go? Oh, no, no! I

areatly distressed "I know it is hard for you, but I'm

afraid Samuel and his ill be so hurt if you don't coood to hie you, because I know it pains you but--"

"Oh, I can't--I can't!"

She turned so white that Willia

more But that same kind heart ached so for the father and rateful to her when he saw her on Wednesday, a at the church "Just like her unselfishness!" he said

to himself

All Old Chester, saddened and awed, came to show its sy hastly pale, had no room in her mind for either pity or

sy her to a

pew, and a fewbetween Dr

and Mrs King Martha greeted her with an appropriate sigh; but Mrs,

Richie did not notice her There was no sound in the waiting church

except once in a while a long-drawn breath, or the faint rustle of

turning leaves as some one looked for the burial service The ith their little border of stained glass, were tilted half-way open