I have unkind thoughts, and they are evil, and yet I cannot put these unkind thoughts away." For a moment the minister sat silent, and then, looking up with a smile, said-- "Come, Aunt Mary, be open and frank.

Tell me all the particulars of your troubles, and then I am sure I can help you." Aunt Mary, in turn, sat silent and thoughtful for a short period, and then, raising her head, she proceeded to relate her troubles.

She told him how much she had been tried, year after year, during the preserving season, by the neighbours who had borrowed her preserving kettle.

It was the best in the village, and she took a pride in it, but she could have no satisfaction in its possession.

It was always going, and never returned in good order.