154 7 AMY.

Amy was silent a few minutes, then she asked, “ Mamma,
if Tis a naughty girl, and I s’ould die, wouldn’t they let me
in at the door of heaben if I knocked ?”

“ Perhaps not.”

“Well,” she said, triumphantly, as she jumped down from
her chair, “I dess I could do in at the side gate.”

Just then May, who had been out of the room, came in.
“Mamma,” she said, “see what I have found,—a five-leaf
clover. What is the sign when you find a five-leaf clover?
I know a four-leaf clover is good luck.”

“T believe,” her mamma replied, “that they say when you
find a five-leaf clover you will see the fairies.”

“Oh, that would be so nice! and they might let me make
a wish, and I should have a beautiful something just for the
wishing.”

Amy, who had been looking out the window, turned
toward them; she had only half heard what was being said,
and had her thoughts intent upon the question of admittance
into heaven. “I dess I’m doing to see an angel,” she
said.

“What makes you think so?” asked her mamma.

“’Cause I saw a free- or four-legged grass the ozer
day.”

They laughed at her idea of five-leaf clovers, ae then all
went down to dinner.

When Amy’s broth was brought her, she pushed it away,