That's the reason I haven't driven on to-day, because I hoped the folks would sing again to-night, the way they did last night.

I haven't heard hymn-singing for years, before.

I've lived in mining and such places.

I want to ask you a question." The woman paused.
"Do you suppose my baby's at the River ?" she went on.
Addie hardly comprehended the woman's meaning.
"What river ?" asked the girl.
"The River they sang about last night," explained the woman.
She motioned toward the group at the distant camp-fire, and Addie remembered that on the previous evening the people had sung: "Shall we gather at the river ?" "I haven't heard that sung before for years and years," the woman continued.

"We used to sing it when I was a little girl at home in the East, but I've mostly forgot such things.