"And now I beg you will all excuse me for a few moments, as they never feel quite comfortable going to bed without a last word or two with mamma." "Before I'd make myself such a slave to my children!" muttered Enna, looking after her as she glided from the room.

"If they couldn't be content to be put to bed by their mammies, they might stay up all night." "I think Mrs.Travilla is right," observed the pastor; "the responsibilities of parents are very great.

God says to each one, 'Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages.'".