"No; and so I thought that is just what the 'Aid and Comfort' committee agreed to do."
"And the doctors give the medicine," said Matilda. "Clarissa is on that committee too."
"We can go together," said Maria; "and we can find something to do."
"Something for somebody else to do," said Anne. "You can find who would like some soup, can't you?"
"There are next to no poor people in Shadywalk," said Mrs. Englefield. "I don't believe there is anybody in the village who would like some soup better than I should."
"There are several doctors," said Anne; "so I am afraid there are sick people occasionally. Else the doctors will soon be in want of soup. But, mamma, that is not the whole of Maria's engagements. She has pledged herself to 'carry the message,' read the Bible, and distribute tracts."
"Don't you read the Bible now, Maria?" her mother asked.
"Oh yes, mamma," said Matilda. "This means reading the Bible to somebody who is blind, you know, or sick and can't read, or who doesn't know how."
"There are no such people in Shadywalk," said Mrs. Englefield, promptly.
"Shadywalk is a happy village then," said her sister.