"You can put on the button, and fasten this little bit of hem."
"Why do you mend all these things? Could not their mothers do it?"
Mrs. Headley did not answer, so Minnie sat down; and while she put on the button she pondered the question.
Meanwhile Mrs. Headley with rapid fingers was darning and patching, aided by Agnes, who sat industriously stitching away, silently buried in her own thoughts.
At last Minnie exclaimed, "Is this all you are going to do, mother?"
"No, my dear, we are making some puddings for three or four families."
"Oh, yes, of course! I knew you would; I do love Christmas."
"I wonder if Minnie knows or thinks about why we do it?"
"Because we love the Lord Jesus, I suppose," answered Minnie, looking up from her work with her tender little face.
"Not only that, dear, though that is one reason. Do you remember what we were reading the other day about dealing our bread to the hungry?"