mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in
the house of the Lord forever," she unclosed one eye to note the
effect.

Both the grey heads remained prayerfully bent; but at her "Amen"
both of them lifted. And oh! what a reward was the expression in
those two pairs of eyes!

Grandma came swiftly to her and kissed her, and exclaimed:

"Why, however did you learn all that long Psalm, dear? And you
recited it so beautifully, too!--Not a single mistake! I never was
prouder in my life!"

Grandpa didn't kiss her, but he kept saying over and over:

"Just think of that baby!--the dear little baby."

And Missy, despite her spiritual exaltation, couldn't help feeling
tremendously pleased.

"It was a surprise--I thought you'd be surprised," she remarked with
satisfaction.

Grandma excitedly began to ask all kinds of questions as to how
Missy came to pick out that particular Psalm, and what difficulties
she experienced in learning it all; but it was grandpa who,
characteristically, enquired:

"And what does it mean to you, Missy?"