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ways liked to go, though he could
not understand very much that the
minister said. And his mother said
that at least he was learning to sit
still and listen; and that every Sun-
day he ought to be able to under-
stand more than the last, because his
father was teaching him at home a
good many words that were said
there.

His mother could not tell whether
he was listening much that day; but’
when they came out of church he
surprised her by saying,

©T didn’t think he’d have done it.’

‘Done what? What do you
mean?’ she asked, looking at her

child in wonder.