. Christian herald. tfully, looking at her as she sat there in all her motherly beauty,folding her children in her arms, your marriedlife has been a joy to you, hasnt it? It has been heaven to me. Those children—how much they mean to you! I believe I should die if anything should happento the darlings. Eloise has not been real well to-day. But nothing serious. Another silence, broken this time by Virginia. Mr. Stanton seemed to me to be something of amystic as well as a man of affairs. Do you object to that? Oh, no. I rather like that combination in aman. It makes an interesting person. I hope
. Christian herald. tfully, looking at her as she sat there in all her motherly beauty,folding her children in her arms, your marriedlife has been a joy to you, hasnt it? It has been heaven to me. Those children—how much they mean to you! I believe I should die if anything should happento the darlings. Eloise has not been real well to-day. But nothing serious. Another silence, broken this time by Virginia. Mr. Stanton seemed to me to be something of amystic as well as a man of affairs. Do you object to that? Oh, no. I rather like that combination in aman. It makes an interesting person. I hope he will be as interesting a preacher as heis a talker. Sometimes a man with a good voicelike his loses it when he begins to preach. I dont believe he will. He will have too muchcommon sense. It is to be hoped he will. And oh, let us hopehe will not holler. Let us hope that, wont we,Virginia? By all means. If he hollers I shall not go tochurch. Mr. Maxwell has set us all a high exam-ple that way, Virginia RACHEL WAS ON HER KNEES, HER ARMS FLUNG OUT ACROSS The bell rang, and a moment after, the maid an-nounced, Mr. Stanton to see Mrs. Page. Mrs. Page? Virginia had risen. Yes, he said Mr. Maxwell told him Mrs. Pagewas here while her husband was in Chicago, and hehas stepped in with a message from Mr. Maxwellto her. Rachel rose and put the children on the couch. We will both go, she said to Virginia. Andtaking her hand she drew her into the hall receptionloom where Stanton was standing. He sat down at Rachels invitation and said hewould remain only a few moments. Mr. Maxwell is very anxious to have you singto-morrow, Mrs. Page. I know you have told himyou are out of practice and all that, and that youhad expected to be absent in Chicago now you are here, he feels that no one can singas you can, and he wants you to-morrow, is my errand. I hope you will sing. During the years of her married life Rachel hadgradually dropped her music, and as
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