"But you did not see her throw down the volumes in this way. You should take down two or three at a time, dust them and then put them back. You'll remember after this."
"Yes, indeed, Aunty."
"Perhaps we had better do the drawers first; and then we can have space to walk around. But what is this? Crumbs?"
"I put my cake there, the day my head ached; and then I forgot it."
"Oh, what a pity! See how it has soiled this pretty ribbon. I wouldn't bring cake up stairs. Hannah will take care of any such thing for you."
"I won't do it again. I'm going to be real good. Do you think, Aunt Priscilla, that I can be as good us Emily?"
"In what particular do you mean?"
"Why, as good a Christian. If I was, I'd be neat and kind as she is, of course."
"I hope, Milly, that you already love the Saviour. You know he came to wash and cleanse us from all sin. If you pray to him to help you conquer all your bad habits, he will do it. He always helps those who try to obey his commands; and you are trying now to do all things 'decently and in order.' You must remember that Emily has been taught to be neat from her babyhood."
"And I had nobody to tell me about anything good," exclaimed the child, with a burst of feeling.