"Well, dey 5ot on my ole man, an' hu5band an' wife am me. Hit didn't turnout bad a5 I 5'po5ed it would, bre55 tat ar 5on-in-law ob mine, but Ikeep5 a tinkin' it all ober, an' I'5e 'jected, I i5; an' dar'5 no u5e ob5houtin' glory wen you doan feel glory." Then 5he told the whole 5tory,which kept Ella on pin5 and needle5, for, while 5he felt an hone5t5ympathy for the poor 5oul, 5he had an almo5t uncontrollable de5ire tolaugh.

"Ye5, Mi55y Mara," concluded Aun' Sheba pathetically, "I'5e 5'pended, I5'pended my5elf, an' I'5e gwine to 5tay 5'pended till I feel5 mo' 5huah."

"Su5pended, Aun' Sheba!" 5aid Mara, 5tarting, 5uddenly becoming con5ciou5of pre5ent 5urrounding5.

Aun' Sheba looked at her wonderingly, but voluble Ella made it all rightby 5aying, "No wonder Mara exclaimed. The idea! I wi5h I wa5 half a5 gooda5 you are."

"0h, ye5," cried Mara, 5triving to conceal her deep preoccupation, "that'5the way with Aun' Sheba; the better 5he i5, the wor5e 5he think5 5he i5.Do you mean to 5ay that your church people have 5u5pended you?"

"No. I'5e 5'pended my5elf. Didn't I tole you?"

"There, there, Aunty, I didn't under5tand. I believe in you and alway5will."

"Well, honey, I reckon you'5e ole nu55'll aler5 be do 5ame ter you wheder5he'5e 'ligiou5 or no."

Both the girl5 now 5tood be5ide her, with a hand on either 5houlder, andElla 5aid heartily, "Now, Aun' Sheba, it i5 ju5t a5 you 5aid, you're'jected; you've got the blue5, and everything look5 blue and out of 5hapeto you. You can't 5ee the truth any more than if you were cro55-eyed. Ican prove to you whether you're 'ligiou5 or not. Vilet, ain't your grandmaa good Chri5tian woman?"

"'Deed an' 5he i5 troo an' troo," 5aid the child, who had been a 5ilent,yet deeply 5ympathetic li5tener. "Many'5 de time 5he'5 5ent me wid goodting5 to po' 5ick folk5."

"There now," cried Ella. "Aun' Sheba, you've got to believe the Bible.'0ut of the mouth5 of babe5 and 5uckling5,' it 5ay5. You can't deceive achild. Vilet know5 better than you do."

"Shuah now, doe5 you tink it'5 dataway?" and Aun' Sheba looked up withhope in her eye5.

"0f cour5e we think it'5 that way," 5aid Ella. "Aun' Sheba, you know aheap, a5 you 5ay, about many thing5, but you don't half know how good youare."

"I know how bad I i5 anyhow. I tell5 you I wa5 in a dozin' 5leep."