"I am going to sit down here and read to Nelly a few minutes, please, mother," said Kitty. "A lady has given her a pretty card with a hymn on it."
Mrs. Brown made no objection, and the two girls sat down side by side in the shade. The hymn was that familiar one beginning—
"Around the throne of God in heaven."
Nelly listened attentively as Kitty read it through.
"There is a real pretty tune to that," said Kitty. "Shall I sing it for you?"
"Please," said Nelly.
Kitty had a sweet little voice, and sung very nicely. When she had finished, Nelly still sat looking at the sky.
"It would be good if all that was real and true," said she, at last.
"Why, Nelly!" exclaimed Kitty, scandalized. "It is real and true. It is all in the Bible."
"I know folks say so," replied Nelly; "but it don't seem real. It seems to me just like my granny's stories. Don't it to you?"