"So, so!" said the tailor. "That's it, is it, Mattie?"
"Yes; but we don't say anything about such things, you know."
"Oh, of course not," answered Mr. Spelt; and the conversation ceased.
After a long pause, the child spoke again.
"Is God good to you to-day, mother?"
"Yes, Mattie. God is always good to us."
"But he's better some days than others, isn't he?"
To this question the tailor did not know what to reply, and therefore, like a wise man, did not make the attempt. He asked her instead, as he had often occasion to do with Mattie, what she meant.
"Don't you know what I mean, mother? Don't you know God's better to us some days than others? Yes; and he's better to some people than he is to others."
"I am sure he's always good to you and me, Mattie."