Amy's Heartfelt Gratitude to Esther

amy tried on the blue ring with a delighted face and a firm resolve to earn it. From that day, she was the model of obedience. And the old lady complacently admired the success of her training. Esther fitted up the closet with a little table, placed a footstool before it, and over it a picture taken from one of the shut up rooms. On the table she laid her little testament and hymn book,. kept a vase always full of the best flowers laurie brought her, and came every day to sit alone, thinking ood thoughts and praying the dear god to preserve her sister. The little girl was very sincere in all this. For being left