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Allison, always ready to curl his lips over anything sissified, sat watching hiravely Here was a new specimen He didn't knohere to place hi? Was he a , or did he just do it because he wanted to, because it seemed his duty to do it? Allison could not decide He knew that he himself could have made a much better speech on the subject, but he would not want to He would hate it, talking about sacred things like that out to the world; yet he was frank enough to see that a better speechone full of repetition and crudities

The girl up by the piano was singing the solo Why did she let herself be called "Mairl, with loud colors in her garments and plenty of powder in evidence on her otherwise pretty face; but she had a good voice, and sang the words distinctly

"In the secret of His presence how hts to hide! Oh, how precious are the lessons which I learn at Jesus' side!"

The words onderful They soirl na attention with her voice and carrying a e to a heart There were two lines that seemed particularly impressive, "And whene'er you leave the silence of that happy e of the Master in your face"

Leslie found herself looking around the rooe, and her eyes lingered longest on the quiet girl in the plain garments over on the other side of the room She had a face that was almost beautiful in its repose, if it had not worn that air of utter reticence

There was a long pause after the soloist was done, andfrom the back rohich at last ter of three Bible verses containing the word "companion," without irls on the back seat, passing the Bible in turn, with much ado to find their respective places Another hy boy in shell-ri irl on the other side of the roo in common with them Allison decided that they were all dead, and surely did need so What had he in common with a bunch like that? In fact, what had any of them in common that they should presume to form themselves into a society? It was rank nonsense You couldn't bring people together that had nothing in cohts during another painful pause, during which the pastor in the back seat half rose, then sat down and looked questioningly toward the two visitors The young leader seerew very red, looked at Allison and Leslie several times, cleared his throat, turned over his hymn-book, and finally said with painful elad to hear froht We'd like to kno you conduct things in your society"