"Do you mean to say you ain't, glad ?" "I'm frightened," gasped the girl.
"And you been confirmed this spring! What did it mean to you if you ain't glad there's ever such a little chance of perhaps seeing Him before the year's out." They both climbed the fence, handing over the milk-pail between them.
When they had got on to the road and must part, the housekeeper spoke.
"I tell you what it is, Winifred Rexford; we've not one of us much to bring Him in the way of service.

If there's one thing more than another I'm fond of it's to have my kitchen places to myself, but I've often thought I ought to ask yer ma to send one of you over every day to learn from me how a house ought to be kept and dinner cooked.

Ye'd learn more watching me in a month, you know, than ye'd learn with yer ma a fussin' round in six years.

Don't tell yer ma it's a trial to me, but just ask her if she'll send you over for an hour or two every morning." "Thank you," said Winifred, reluctantly.

"Do you think I _ought_ to come ?" "Well, I'd want to be a bit more use to my ma if I was you." "It's very kind of you," acknowledged Winifred; "but--but--Mrs.Martha, if it was true about this--_this August,_ you know--what would be the use of learning ?" "Child," said the woman, and if her voice was sad it was also vehement, "them as are mad in religion are them as thinks doing the duty of each day for _His_ sake ain't enough without seeing where's the _use_ of doing what He puts to our hand." "Mrs.Martha," besought Winifred, timidly, "I--don't like cooking; but do you think if I did this I should perhaps get to be glad to think--be glad to think our Saviour might be coming again so soon ?" "To love Him is of His grace, and you must get it direct from Him; but it's wonderful how doing the best we can puts heart into our prayers." The scarlet tanager rose and flew from tree to tree like a darting flame, but Winifred had forgotten him..