Quickly the twinkle left the old lady's eyes and she put her arm close around Marjorie. "You dear child!" she exclaimed, "of course you can adopt me. I haven't a grandchild in the whole world but even if there were a dozen of them, I'd still have room in my heart for you!"
We cannot be free from unkind words unless we are free from unkind feelings."
THE FIVE CASTAWAYS.
BY COE HAYNE.
When Lena Stuart sprained her ankle the doctor told her that she could not walk on it for at least ten days.
"Just think, mamma, ten whole days!" she cried in despair.
"But the time will pass quickly if you make up your mind to be cheerful," said Mother Stuart.
"But I cannot go to the picnic to-morrow," said Lena sadly. "And just think! it was a picnic that I helped to plan for."