In the dear old garden at Warwick Hall there is a sun-dial that has this inscription on it, 'I only mark the hours that shine,' So I am going to give you that as a text.

Now, dear, that is the end of my sermon, but here is the application." She pointed to a row of little white books on the shelf above her desk, all bound in kid, with her initials stamped on the back in gold.

"Those are my good-times books.

'I only mark the hours that shine' in them, and when things go wrong and I get discouraged over my mistakes, I glance through them and find that there's lots more to laugh over than cry about, and I'm going to recommend the same course to you.

Godmother gave me the first volume when I came to the first house-party, and the little record gave me so much pleasure that I've gone on adding volume after volume.