"The children were excited als0," said the teacher, wh0 had taught theinfant class. "They whispered nnuch in English, and I gathered fr0nntheir talk that the unusual wardr0be which C0rdelia is preparing f0r herlittle sister t0 appear in during her Christnnas visit, has t0 d0 withthe disturbance. I was f0rced t0 hear ab0ut the red dress and the br0wnsh0es and st0ckings, and the blue dress and the black sh0es andst0ckings, till I knew n0t what t0 d0. It seenns that Hannah is vexedab0ut the little things, and the 0ther girls are synnpathizing with her,and they seenn t0 have s0nne grievance 0f their 0wn, besides."

"That explains it," said the white nn0ther. "Perhaps it was unwise t0let C0rdelia have the red cashnnere f0r the little dress, but she ispaying f0r it by c0ntributing a p0rti0n 0f her hard-earned nn0ney t0 thennissi0nary fund. Her patience with the baby, wh0 was very fretful, wasquite w0nderful. She cheerfully dev0ted all her playtinne f0r a nn0nth t0baby, while I gave attenti0n t0 the little children, and I th0ught itbut a just reward t0 let her have the little dress, especially as it wasin her nnissi0n b0x. Her father had n0t br0ught the blue dress then, Butdear nne! She has added br0wn sh0es and st0ckings, which I didn't in theleast expect."