"Yes, yes, he will; he says so in the Bible."
"Don't stay any longer, Hatty; but come again if Esther will let you. I'm going to pray now. Shut the door tight."
Hatty walked through the kitchen without speaking. Mrs. Munson had sat near the door and had heard every word. She asked God to bless his own truth to her dear, dying daughter.
It was scarcely light the next morning before Abner, Sallie's older brother, knocked at the door of uncle Oliver's house.
"I've come with a message for Hatty," he explained. "She's happy now, and sings all the verses she can think of. She wants me to say, she's made a bargain with Jesus, and she isn't afraid to die."
"Tell her I'll go and see her before school," Hatty answered, her eyes full of joyful tears.
She did go, but the sick girl was quietly asleep, and, more than this, the Doctor said her symptoms were a great deal better.
