Haven't you some pity for the little girl, when you reflect that she is motherless ?" "I don't think she could have a sweeter mother than our Vi," was the unexpected rejoinder.

"But she doesn't appreciate her in the least," Rose went on, "but seems always on the watch against any effort on Vi's part to control her." "She seems to be naturally impatient of control by whomsoever exerted," Mrs.Travilla said, "but we will hope to see her improve in that respect, and you must set her a good example, Rose.
"And I want you to think how sad it would be for her to be parted from the brother and sister she loves so dearly and sent away alone to boarding-school.

I shall never forget how alarmed and distressed I was when your grandpa threatened me with one." "Did he, mamma ?" asked Rosie, opening her eyes very wide with surprise.
"Yes, he was very much displeased with me at the time," her mother said with a sigh.

"But we will not talk about it; the recollection is very painful to me." "No, mamma; but I cannot get over my astonishment, for I thought you were never naughty, even when you were a little child." "Quite a mistake, Rosie; I had my naughty times as well as other children," Mrs.Travilla said, smiling at Rosie's bewildered look.

"But now I want you to promise me, my child, that you will be kind and forbearing toward poor little motherless Lulu." "Well, mamma, to please you I will; but I hope she won't try me too much by impertinence to you or Violet.