"Yes, I do," with a good deal of rising color.
"Your pronoun I, when you speak of yourself, must always be a capital,—never a small i, and dotted."
"But how can you tell?"
"It is a personal pronoun, and is never used in any other way. A single I must always be a capital."
"Always! I'll be sure to remember that," Sarah answered, with great earnestness; "and what else?"
"Christmas wasn't quite right. That begins with a capital, because it is a proper name, and the first syllable is spelled just like Christ."
"Is it? Why, I never thought! and I've seen it so many times too. What other mistakes were there?"
"I really cannot remember," said Kathie, laughing; and she spoke the truth. "The lichen was so lovely, Uncle Robert put it up in the library. Where do you find such beautiful specimens?"
"Over in the swamp, about a mile south of here. There are so many pretty things. Do you know Indian pipe?"