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"Sing, Toirl cried to him excitedly

"I should be ashaan to sing "John Brown's Body" with all his strength With that she

seized his hand, sprang up beside hi chorus her

full soprano rose, lifted with all the power in her

The barouche rolled into the Square, and, as it passed, Harkless turned,

and bent a sudden gaze upon the group in the buckboard; but the western

sun was in his eyes, and he only caught a gliold, and he was borne along and out of vien the

singing street

"Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

As we goon!"

The barouche stopped in front of the courthouse, and he passed up a lane

they made for hian to cheer again, and he had to wait for them to quiet down

"We can't hear him from over here," said Briscoe, "we're too far off Mr

Meredith, suppose you take the ladies closer in, and I'll stay with the

horses You want to hear his speech"