But when they took the letter
to mamma she said:

“Much as we love the dear baby,
we must remember it does not  be-
long to us. It is better to make up
our minds at once to give it up.”

Then she called Gretna to her and
said she would
tell her just what
to write.

The little girl
often wrote letters
for her mamma,
whose eyes were
not very strong.
She had a clear,
pretty hand, and
| would write down
carefully all her mamma told her.