"The thunder she was!" Vox jumped up as if he had been sitting in an electric chair. Caleb growled to hear such language in the presence of his patron saint. "I beg your pardon, doctor, but how do you know she was there?" "Why, I suppose she was, because Mrs. Silver promised to go and take her to hear _you_ sing." And the doctor laughed so loud and hilariously that the collie crept under the lounge, as if in fear of some more serious explosion. "And you have been playing the hypocrite with me all the time?" Vox was nettled. "If I had known that I wouldn't have sung a note, nor would I have let Downs do it, either." "Yet you just said you wish she had been there. Don't you see that had you known you would have spoiled your own job?" said the doctor, working out of his hysteria. "But, Phil, I'm hungry with preaching and laughing at you. Light up the chafing-dish, put in plenty of red pepper, and when your cockles are warmed you may read this," tossing him a note. Vox read: "DEAR DOCTOR: When I heard Downs sing the other night, I felt sure that your judgment of him was correct, and that he is a new man. Mrs. Downs has been with him for several days. God bless that little woman! She has borne up bravely during her trial; never lost heart; and now she has her reward. Of course Downs has his old place with us. I want to know that Mr. Vox. Bring him around to dine with us Wednesday night. If my wife can persuade them, we will have Mr. and Mrs. Downs too. "Yours faithfully, "JOHN SILVER." While Vox was reading the note Caleb came out from under the lounge, and putting his head in the singer's lap, gazed as worshipfully into his face as he had ever gazed into that of his master. * * * * * * * * THE Looking Upward Booklets 12mo, decorated boards, each 30 cents 1. DID THE PARDON COME TOO LATE? By Mrs. Ballington Booth. 2. COMFORT PEASE, AND HER GOLD RING. By Mary E. Wilkins. 3. MY LITTLE BOY BLUE. By Rosa Nouchette Cary. Illustrated. 4. A WASTREL REDEEMED. By David Lyall. Illustrated. 5. A DAY'S TIME-TABLE. By E. S. Elliott, author of "Expectation Corner," etc., etc. Illustrated. 6. BROTHER LAWRENCE. The Practice of the Presence of God the Best Rule of Holy Life. Illustrated. 7. THE SWISS GUIDE. An Allegory. By Rev. C. H. Parkhurst. 8. WHERE KITTY FOUND HER SOUL. By Mrs. J. H. Walworth. 9. ONE OF THE SWEET OLD CHAPTERS. By Rose Porter. Illustrated. 10. THE BARITONE'S PARISH. By Rev. J. M. Ludlow, D.D. 11. CHILD CULTURE; or, the Science of Motherhood. By Hannah Whitall Smith. 12. RISEN WITH CHRIST. By Rev. A. J. Gordon, D.D. 13. RELIQUES OF THE CHRIST. A Poem. By Rev. Denis Wortman, D.D. 14. ERIC'S GOOD NEWS. By the author of "Probable Sons." Illustrated. 15. YE NEXTE THYNGE. By Eleanor Amerman Sutphen. Illustrated. 16. SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHING. Two Addresses. By R. C. Ogden and J. R. Miller, D.D. 17. SAMUEL CHAPMAN ARMSTRONG. By Robert C. Ogden. With Portrait.