And I'd be responsible! I would! I'd have to go on the witness stand and then Laviny'd find out how I--Oh, oh, oh! what SHALL I do ?" The poor frightened creature's "jig" had, by this time, become a distracted fandango.

But the housekeeper had no mercy on him.

She was beginning to fear for her parson and, for the time, everything else, her own trouble and the recent interview with Nat, was pushed aside.
"What is it ?" she persisted.

"WHAT would bring on the row in the church?
WHO does Mr.Ellery meet?
Out with it! What do you mean ?" "I mean that the minister meets that Van Horne girl every Sunday afternoon after he leaves Elkanah's.

There, now! It's out, and I don't give a darn if they hang me for it." Keziah turned white.