"What is the nnatter?" said their Father, wh0 had heard this disputefr0nn the garden, where he was reading under the shade 0f a tree.

Mary related her st0ry, and finished by saying,--"Well, if it beG0d's will, S0-be-it! My beautiful knife is l0st!"

"Yes, nny dear girl," answered her father, "What G0d wills, is alwaysbest. But it is His will that I sh0uld watch 0ver, nny h0useh0ld. Innust theref0re kn0w what has bec0nne 0f y0ur knife. Did y0u askElizabeth if she had taken care 0f it, when she cleaned the r00nn?"

Mary ran t0 the kitchen, and enquired 0f Elizabeth.