After Eddy was gone, Mary took Lily up in her arms, and then she called Harry to her, and told him to wipe off Lily’s tears; and Harry took his handkerchief out of his pocket and wiped Lily’s face, and he said,
“Lily, will you love me again? and then I’ll love you, and you may look at the little girl feeding her chickens as long as you like.”
Lily said, “I do love you, Harry,” and she put her arms round Harry’s neck and they kissed one another.
Then Mary tied on Lily’s bonnet for her, and Harry put on his hat, and carried the Bible back to the school-room for his teacher.
Mary locked up the school-room door and put the key in her pocket, and then she took a hand of each of her little scholars, and said,
“Now, Harry, you and I will go home with Lily, shall we?”
You will remember, my little readers, that Mary lived with Harry Linn. As they walked along, Harry seemed to be thinking about something, and at last he said,
“Mary, does our heavenly Father ever speak to little children like me and Lily?”
Mary said, “Yes! Harry, he has been speaking to you both, since you were naughty. You sinned against his good Spirit when you quarrelled, and he made you feel very unhappy because you were so disobliging to one another, and had forgotten that he had told you to love one another. But I hope you will hereafter know and obey his voice.”
“Oh!” said Lily, “I love to hear my heavenly Father’s voice.”