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MISS CORNELIA'S NEW VIEW 277"Do you know, dear Miss Cornelia," said Anne seriously,"I think we have all been making too manyexcuses. It isvery foolish and we ought to stop it.I am going to tellyou what I'd like to do. I shan'tdo it, of course" Anne had noted a glint of alarm inSusan's eye "it would be too unconventional, and wemust be conventional or die,after we reach what issupposed to be a dignified age. But I'd like to do it.I'd like to call a meeting of the Ladies' Aid andW. M. S. and the Girls' Sewing Society, and includein the audience all and any Methodists who have beencriticising the Merediths althoughI do think if wePresbyterians stopped criticising and excusing wewould find that other denominations would troublethemselves verylittle about our manse folks.I wouldsay to them, 'Dear Christian friends' with markedemphasis on 'Christian' I have something to say toyou and I want to say it good and hard, that you maytake it home and repeatit to your families. You Methodistsneed not pity us, and we Presbyterians neednot pity ourselves. We are not going to do it anymore. And we are going to say, boldly and truthfully,:o all critics and sympathizers, 'We are proud of ourminister and his family. Mr. Meredith is the bestpreacher Glen St. Mary Church ever had. Moreover,he is a sincere, earnest teacher of truth and Christiancharity. He is a faithful friend, a judicious pastor inall essentials, and a refined, scholarly, well-bred man.His family are worthyof him.Gerald Meredith is