70 Katie Summers.

morning when she knelt down to say her prayers,
she asked God to help her to do what was right,
and not to let her forget that even if no one else
was near to see her, yet that God could see and
hear her always.

The next day the children went with their
mamma to see little Johnny Thompson, and
Harry took the rose-bush to give to him. They
found the poor little boy in bed, propped up with
pillows. He looked very thin, but his face was
flushed.

“Thank you, miss,” he said to Katie, “for the
beautiful strawberries you sent me yesterday—
they were so nice and cool and fresh. I have
still some of them left.”

Harry then put the pot with the rose-bush on
the little table by the boy’s bed, and said, “ Here
is a rose-tree for you, Johnny. Katie said you
would like that better than anything else I could
get for you.” .

“Indeed, Master Harry, you are very, very