"You must be glad you are named for him."
"Yes, I am, only I am not good enough. I am afraid I shall never do anything brave like that."
"I think, perhaps, little things have to come first," said Dora wisely, adding, "He was helping, wasn't he?"
"I had not thought of that," said Carl.
As she walked home an idea came into Dora's head, which interested her so much that "Water Babies" lay unopened on her lap for half an hour that night. Next day she confided it to Bess and Louise, who highly approved.
"Why, Dora, you are very clever. When you are grown up you will be as good at thinking of things as Aunt Zélie," said Bess.
"You think of pretty good things yourself, Bess," added Louise.
"And so do you, for you first thought of trying to help the harp man," said Dora merrily.
"The G.N. Club meets to-night, and we'll ask the boys to let us in. You come over to dinner," Louise suggested.
"They won't do it," said her sister positively.