"Yes; you are the one that is dressed up."
"I know a poor invalid to whom I mean to give the old one, and there is a little girl who has not a comfortable dress nor a pair of shoes."
"Nor any nice hat and bracelet?"
"No, I doubt if she has any hat or even a hood. I saw her out with an old shawl over her head."
Just then the second bell rang and Gracie was obliged to go and get ready for breakfast. Other surprises awaited her, but she was unusually thoughtful, and at last Louise said, "Gracie, what makes you so sober? Are you not satisfied?"
"O, yes; but I am thinking what I can give to a little girl who has nothing to make her happy to-day."
"I don't believe there are any such people," said Louise; "everybody manages to get about so much out of something, I guess. They may not have just what we have, but there's something."
"Do you believe that?" asked cousin Tom.
"Maybe not exactly, but there's no use in making a child like Gracie miserable over what she can't help," replied Louise, in a low tone.
"But she can help a little."