The gates ajar. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.

222 The Gates Ajar. XV. Sunday. Faith has behaved like a witch all day. She knocked down three crickets and six hymn-books in church this morning, and this afternoon horrified the assembled and devout congregation by turning round in the middle of the long prayer, and, in a loud and distinct voice, asking Mrs. Quirk for "'nother those pepp'mints such as you gave me one Sunday a good many years ago, you'member." After church, her mother tried a few Bible questions to keep her still. "Faith, who was Christ's father?" "Jerusalem! " said Faith, promptly. " Where did' his parents take Jesus when they fled from Herod?" "0, to Europe. Of course I knew that! Everybody goes to Europe." To-night, when her mother had put her to bed, she came down laughing. "Faith does seem to have a hard time with

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The gates ajar. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
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Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911.
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