No sooner had the reading began again when once more the door clicked.

True to his promise, the minister paused and cheerfully announced to his people: "This, my friends, is John Campbell, whom you all know as 'Johnnie Sarah,' and we are very glad to see him, for, indeed, he has not been here for some time.

Come away, John; come away, man," he added, impatiently, "for we are all waiting for you." Johnnie Sarah stood paralyzed with amazement and seemed uncertain whether to advance or to turn and flee.

The minister's impatient command, however, decided him, and he dropped into the nearest seat with all speed, and gazed about him as if to discover where he was.

He had no sooner taken his seat than the door opened again, and some half-dozen people entered.