"That about our burdens?" said Meg.

"She's teached me one," said Pattie. "I 'tan say it—'Jesus,'—that's what she teached me."

"So I did," said Meg, kissing her, "and mother's text means just the same, only longer, because she's big. 'Cast thy burden on the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.'"


CHAPTER X.

TURNING A NEW LEAF.