VISITING THE SICK I had been quite prepared to find Polly a willing convert to my charitable schemes, but I had not expected to find in Cousin Helen so strong an ally as she proved.

But our ideas were no novelty to her, as we soon discovered.

In truth, at nine years old, she was a bit of an enthusiast.

She read with avidity religious biographies furnished by Miss Blomfield.

She was delicate in health, but reticent and resolute in character.