his full rich voice proclaimed, and then he stopped short, startled by a great cry from Miss Abigail. Looking over his shoulder, he saw that the tears were streaming down her face. He smiled to himself at the sentimentality of old women and turned again to the organ, relieved that his performance of a favorite hymn was not to be marred by cracked trebles. He sang with much taste and expression. "Oh, come, all ye faithful!" he chanted lustily, "Joyful and triumphant!" End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Hillsboro People, by Dorothy Canfield