dollies out of the locker and make them all kneel down by her doll's

bedstead. She was just going to kneel too, when he asked,—

"What are you doing, Ethel?"

She came right up to him and said, "Ma is going to take me to

New York when my Marion is well enough, and I'm going to ask God

to make the boat go softly."

"That's right," he told her; and then he heard her whisper a little