Mary Minds Her Business
sewing," said
maiden sisters, every stitch a hope, ever
ul thoughts," spoke up
metimes they read the Psalms, especially the Twenty-third, and sometimes Mar
ve thoughts, too,"
sing passage in a book, it was put on one side to be read at their daily sewing bee; and
ch better Josiah is l
her sister
ed Miss Patty. "I heard him speaking yes
cause he's living
quite so sure that it's going to be a boy. I'm afraid
but now they looked at each other in sil
ly spoke Miss Patty. "
thoughts. And even if the first one is a g
ght of that,"
and a faint touch of colour arose to M
ng a little, too-"we've had so much to do with bringing it ab
had been nodding throughout this confession
that before they be
Basil. That means kingly or royal." Then of course they turned to Cordelia. Corde
ased at these
had a notion one day. She wished to visit the factory
yptic remark, "you simply can't keep
the various shops, some of which were of such a length that when
nother load, its chain and tackle swinging low, when Martha started across the room to look at one of the boys who had caught his thumb between a hammer and a nail and was trying to bin
pected visitors, the Angel of Death following
ddling the baby in her arms. "Look, Josiah," she said, tr
repeat the sentence which he had been whispering to himself, "It's God's
he was quieter, the two sisters went away,
ich means bitterness?" asked M
Patty. "That's wh
each other earnestly-looke
'Mary' then," sa
ow my heroine