That evening I watched Tessie to see the effect of our conversation, and soon after dark I discovered her on her way to my room, with the little thermometer she had taken from it the night before.

After that, there seemed to be a decided change in Tessie, which pleased me very much; but I was even more pleased when, one day, I found her with a bottle of cologne in her hand, and heard what she was saying.

“I reckon it smells kind o’ good, an’ I reckon I’d like ter hab it; but de good God’s a-lookin’ on, an’ he moight ax ’bout it some day.”

My little friends, would it not be well if we could take that as a sort of watch-word—“He might ask about it some day”? Do we not all do little things quietly, in a kind of slurring way, as if they wouldn’t count? And yet we would be ashamed to be asked about them. Remember that everything counts, and that “He might ask about it some day.”—Well-Spring.

RECEIPTS FOR DECEMBER, 1881.

MAINE, $556.18.
Augusta. John Dorr, $15; Mrs. D. A. F., 50c.$15.50
Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc.100.00
Bethel. Mrs. E. W. W.1.00
Boothbay. Mrs. F. H.0.67
Brewer. M. Hardy, $50; Sab. Sch. ofF’st Cong. Ch., $15, for John Brown, St’r55.00
Brewer. First Cong. Ch.7.40
Calais. “A Friend,” for Student Aid,Talladega C.10.00
Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.7.20
Falmouth. First Ch., Bbl. of C.; SecondCh., 2 Bbls. of C.; For Freight, $7; “AFriend,” $1, for Selma, Ala.8.00
Farmington Falls. Cong. Ch.6.18
Gorham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., bal. toconst. Miss Mary C. Hinkley, MissMary E. Smith and Dr. H. H. Hunt L.Ms33.41
Limerick. Ladies, 2 Boxes of C., forRaleigh, N.C.
Limerick. S. F. H.0.50
Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch.7.22
Newport. Mrs. M. S. N.1.00
New Sharon. First Cong. Ch.5.82
No. Bridgton. Co’g Ch. & Soc., $3; C. H. G., 50c3.50
Norridgewock. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $40;Individuals, for Mag., $1.5041.50
North Vassalborough. Joseph White10.00
Orland. M. C. Trott ($4 of which forIndian M.)8.00
Portland. Second Parish Ch. and Soc.134.78
Richmond. S. S.0.50
Searsport. Cong. Sab. Sch., for StudentAid, Atlanta U.15.00
Skowhegan. Mrs. S. P.1.00
Union. Bbl. of C., for Selma, Ala.
Sweden. Mrs. D. N.0.50
Westbrook. Warren Ch. and Soc., toconst. John E. Warren and HezekiahElwell L.Ms60.00
Woolwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc.14.50
York. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.8.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE, $356.45.
Antrim. By Imla Wright28.00
Bristol. Cong. Ch. and Soc.1.15
Claremont. Mrs. S. C. C.0.50
Concord. F’st Cong. Ch. & Soc., $85.31;“A Friend,” $2; “A Friend,” $1; C. T. P., 50c88.81
Derry. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.15.54
Fisherville. Cong. Ch. and Soc.8.84
Fitzwilliam. H. H. W.1.00
Hanover. Mrs. E. M. Y., $1; Miss L. J. S.,50c; L. B. D., 50c.2.00
Harrisville. Darius Farwell, for JohnBrown Steamer5.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.00
Hollis. C. B.0.50
Hopkinton. Rev. D. S.0.60
Keene. Benev. Soc. of Second Cong.Ch., Bbl. of C., val. $54; Mrs. N. R.Cooke, for Freight and Mag.3.00
Keene. Miss S. E. H., 60c.; Mrs. N. R. C., 10c0.70
Marlborough. Ladies’ Freedmen’s AidSoc., for Student Aid, Talladega C.10.00
Nashua. First Ch. and Soc.35.14
New Ipswich. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Sab.Sch. Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl. of C.,for Marietta, Ga.4.00
New London. M. K. Trussell2.25
Northwood Center. “A. B. W.”2.00
Peterborough. A. A. F.1.00
Peterborough. Box of bedding, val.$15.44, for Tougaloo U.
Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.34.00
Pittsfield. Box and Bbl. of C., for TalladegaC., & Bbl., val. $50, for Marion, Ala.
Rochester. “J. M.,” for John BrownSteamer10.00
Salem. Mrs. G. D. K. and Mrs. D. E., 50c. ea.1.00
Stratham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.Mrs. Martha Lane Thompson L. M.30.00
Walpole. Cong. Ch. and Soc.25.00
West Campton. T. J. Sanborn5.00
Wilton. Bbl. of C., val. $60.
Wolfborough. First Cong. Ch., to const.Rev. George W. Christie L. M.31.42
VERMONT, $460.63.
Alburgh. Cong. Ch.4.00
Bellows Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $29;“Individual” (ad’l). $1645.00
Bennington Center. First Cong. Ch. andSoc.25.00
Cabot. Mrs. S. S. H.1.00
Castleton. Mrs. L. G. S.1.00
Colchester. First Cong. Ch.10.00
Danville. Cong. Sab. Sch.10.00
East Hardwick. Mrs. J. F. F., for StudentAid1.00
East Sheldon. S. M. H.0.50
Essex. “Cash”1.00
Essex Center. Cong. Ch.7.00
Essex Junction. Cong. Ch.18.00
Hartford. Cong. Ch. coll., $24.17; E.Morris, $100; E. W. Morris $30, toconst. Dea. Norman Newton L. M.154.17
Lower Waterford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.9.70
Montpelier. Bethany Ch. Sab. Sch.6.05
Morgan 4 Corners. Miss L. L.0.50
Newbury. Hon. P. W. Ladd5.00
Norwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc.17.00
Peacham. Cong. Ch. and Soc.31.80
Peru. Cong. Ch. and Soc.3.00
Post Mills. Ladies, Bbl. of C.
Pittsfield. Miss M. J. S.0.50
Rochester. Mrs. L S. Patten5.62
Saint Johnsbury. South Cong. Ch.48.18
Springfield. Cong. Ch.18.68
Townsend. Nancy B. Batchelder2.00
Wallingford. Cong. S. S., Miss MinnieChilds’ class; Miss Lizzie Gleghorn’sclass; Mrs. Jay Newton’s class; MissEttie A. Ballou’s class, for John BrownSteamer10.00
West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. andSoc.10.43
West Fairlee. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $6, andSab. Sch., $7.5013.50
West Westminster. Mrs. A. S. G.1.00