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"I we-ent out een de wilderness,
En I fell upon--mah--knees,
En I called upon--mah--Savior,
Whut sh-all I do--for--save?
He replied:
_Halleluian!_
Sinnuh, sing!
_Halleluian!_
Ma-ry, Mar-tha, _halle_--
_Hallelu_--
_Halleluian_!"
"Good Lord!" breathed the oldest boy, who was a high-school scholar.
"How weird and primitive!" said the daughter, who was to be a
teacher.
But the father's eyes narrowed, and the hair of his scalp prickled.
'Way back yonder his mother had sung like that, and his heart leaped
to it. If he hadn't been afraid of his educated and modern children,
he would have wept. Emma didn't know that, of course. She kissed the
big cat, placed him carefully on the bed, and lay down beside him in
the attitude of a corpse. She was resigning herself to whatever
should happen.
Peter, upon telephoning his uncle, had been advised to prowl about
until noon, when they were to lunch together.


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