IX." He opened it at hazard, and happened to fall on a well-known page, from which he began reading aloud, slowly, "When Izrul, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came." The whole hymn pleased the grave Deacon.

He had never seen this work of the author of the Commentary.

No matter; anything that such a good man wrote must be good reading, and he would save it up for Sunday.

The consequence of this was, that, when the Rev.Mr.Stoker stopped in on his way to meeting on the "Sabbath," he turned white with horror at the spectacle of the senior Deacon of his church sitting, open-mouthed and wide-eyed, absorbed in the pages of "Ivanhoe," which he found enormously interesting; but, so far as he had yet read, not occupied with religious matters so much as he had expected.
Myrtle had no explanation to give of her nervous attack.

Mr.Bradshaw called the day after the party, but did not see her.