Mrs.Tretherick dried her long lashes, put on a new neck ribbon, and went down to the parlor.

She staid there two hours--a fact that might have occasioned some remark but that the vestryman was married, and had a family of grownup daughters.

When Mrs.Tretherick returned to her room, she sang to herself in the glass and scolded Carry--but she retained her place in the choir.
It was not long, however.

In due course of time, her enemies received a powerful addition to their forces in the committeeman's wife.

That lady called upon several of the church members and on Dr.Cope's family.
The result was that, at a later meeting of the music committee, Mrs.
Tretherick's voice was declared inadequate to the size of the building and she was invited to resign.