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216 first note of the organ struck on his ear, and he hastened into the chapel to his place.

When the chant ended, the stranger advanced to the centre of the chancel, and, facing the expectant throng, threw back the folds of a dark cloak in which his form had been enveloped.

A thrill passed through the beholders. Dazzlingly robed in white, an angel stood before them, the feathers of his mighty wings sweeping about his feet.

In the hush of awe, where every man communed with his own soul, the angel drew from his bosom a pair of golden scales, and laid a golden heart in one of them.

The heart seemed to weigh the scale down heavily.

Then the angel raised his wonderful eyes, and swept the sea of faces before him.

"These scales weigh no earthly and