Don't you remember the parable of the Prodigal Son and the words of Jesus to the men who were crucified with him?
They were not good, you know." "Yes, I know," said the child in a tone of relief; and she repeated softly to herself the hymn which she had said to the old man.

The last couplet was scarcely audible.
"Oh, ope the gates of heaven now, And bid me enter in!" The next morning Clarissa went to the other children with the sad news that Elsli was very, very ill.

They could not at first believe it.

She had never complained, and had been only yesterday in the garden with them, joining in their play; quiet to be sure, but always sympathetic and trying to please them all.

It was a sad day for them.