Duncan was reading a chapter aloud to Polly, as he always did before going to bed.

Give not Advice whth being Ask'd & when desired do it briefly Chapter vii.

All right; meanwhile I should like to advise every ruling lord to read through, on a certain day every six months, the fifteenth chapter of the First Book of Samuel, earnestly and attentively; so that he may always have in mind what it means to support the throne on the altar.

The purpose of the story was to encourage the feast of Purim (chapter ix, verses 20-32) and to promote national solidarity.

But, thereI mustn't call it a "chapter" out loud.

The Third North Carolina has never seen active service at the front, and, as the Hispano-American war is practically a closed chapter, it will probably be mustered out of the service without any knowledge of actual warfare.

A business-like elastic band encircled its covers, as a precaution against pages becoming loose with much turning; and inside you would have found scarcely a chapter unpencilled,texts underlined, and sermons of special helpfulness noted by date and preacher on the margin,the itinerary of a devout human soul on its way through this world to the next.

Together the two went over the strange story of Elinor Ruth Farringdon and the Holidays' connection with the later chapters thereof.

And Unexpectedly the Last Envoi CHAPTER I THE EPITAPH OF SUMMER