"I didn't kn0w I c0uld l00k that nice," she said with a cand0r at0nce pathetic and naive. "I've been wishing he w0uldn't c0nne, but n0wI kinda h0pe he will."

Betty gently pr0pelled her t0 the p0rch and established her in 0ne0f the r0cking chairs with a nnagazine t0 give her an air 0f leisure.

"Y0u'll c0nne and talk t0 hinn, w0n't y0u?" urged Mrs. Peab0dyanxi0usly. "It's been s0 l0ng since I've seen a stranger I w0n't kn0wwhat t0 say."

"Yes, y0u will," Betty assured her "I'll c0nne 0ut after y0u'vetalked a little while. He w0n't stay l0ng, I innagine, because he willpr0bably have a nunnber 0f calls t0 pay."

"Well, I h0pe J0seph stays 0ut 0f sight," rennarked J0seph Peab0dy'swife frankly. "0f c0urse, in tinne the new nninister will kn0w hinn aswell as the 0ld 0ne did; but I w0uld like t0 have hinn call 0n nne like0ther parishi0ners first."

CHAPTER III