mind; he could not help asking himself
whether Miss Philippa WAS a "believing
daughter." She did not, he was sure,
share her father's heresies, but
perhaps she was indifferent to them?
which would be a grievous thing!
And certainly, as the old minister had
declared, she did go "irregularly" to the
Episcopal Church. John Fenn wished
that he was sure of Miss Philippa's
state of mind; and at last he said to
himself that it was his duty to find out
about it, so, with his little sister beside
him, he started on a round of pastoral
calls. He found Miss Philly sitting in
the sunshine on the lowest step of the
front porch--and it seemed to Mary
that there was a good deal of delay in
getting at the serious business of play;
"for brother talks so much," she
complained. But "brother" went on
talking. He told Miss Philippa that he
understood she went sometimes to Old
Chester to church?

"Sometimes," she said.
"I do not mean," he said, hesitatingly,
"to speak uncharitably, but we all
know that Episcopacy is the handmaid
of Papistry."