and, in a harsh whisper
to Arthur, which was loud enough to reach Guly's ear, exclaimed:

"What the devil do you want? I hope you don't expect to sit with me? Up
gallery with you! There's seats enough for your class there."

So saying, the merchant jerked himself back, and, resuming his stiff
position in the pew, looked straight ahead with his stony eyes, as if
utterly unconscious of any one else.

With burning cheeks the brothers took their way down the carpeted aisle,
and reached the pillared porch.

"I'm not going up there to sit," said the elder brother, proudly; "if
there is no place for me below, there is no place for me in the
gallery;" and flinging off the gentle hand that would have detained
him, he sprang down the granite steps, and started at a rapid pace down
the street.

Guly stood for a moment, gazing anxiously after him, half-tempted to
follow, but seeing his brother took the direction towards the store, he
decided to remain, and mounting the winding stairs, found himself in the
spacious but scantily peopled gallery.

Guly's was a pure mind, unaccustomed to drawing sarcastic comparisons,
or indulging in bitter fancies; but, as he looked down into the body of
the church, he could not help wondering to himself which were the most
acceptable in God's sight: the mass of life, bowing and swaying in their
costly array of silks and laces, and fine cloth, kneeling on their
velvet cushions, and bending their brows upon their jeweled hands, or
the few earnest and devout, seated in the unornamented gallery, kneeling
upon bare floors, seated on uncushioned benches, bending their hearts in
simple worship to Him whose Word they came to hear.

CHAPTER V.

_The Broken Sabbath._

As soon as Arthur's rapid walking had taken him out of sight of the
church, he slackened his pace, and walked moodily on along the almost
deserted banquette, towards the Levee. Still smarting from the wound his
pride had received, his cheeks burning with the flush of anger, and his
heart heavy at the remembrance of his unkind words to Guly, the youth
looked anxiously about for something to divert his thoughts, and while
away the hours till church was out, when he hoped to rejoin his brother,
and with him return to their apartment.

At this moment, however, he received a hearty slap upon his shoulder;
and turning quickly, saw one of the clerks of the store, well known to
be of low and dissolute habits, but who managed to retain