swinging in the basket."]

At the last moment Polly Dalton came hurrying in, saying, "Girls'
there's a scarlet fever sign on Dayres' door, so Lucile must be sick.
The nun was putting the sign up as I came by."

Later in the day it was found that several other children had fever,
or were afraid to come out lest they should get it, so the Hill School
was closed for a week. Edith Watts was very lonely without her little
friend, and spent much of her time writing letters to her, or in
thinking of nice things to do for her.

"I wish I could think of something very, _very_ sweet to do for her,
something that would make her happy all the time," she said. "It must
be so lonely and stupid for her to stay in the same room all the time,
never seeing any other children."

"Keep thinking about it and the right thought will come to you," mamma
told her, and mamma's advice turned out to be right, as usual.

Two days later, Edith came downstairs, her face shining.

"I know, mamma. I know what will make Lucile happy every day in the
whole six weeks she must stay in the house. The kittens! I will give
her my kittens. It has been nearly two weeks since she has seen them,
and they have grown so much and their fur has fluffed out so
beautifully she will hardly know them."

And the kittens were lovely. Who wouldn't want a present like that?
Edith loved them with all her heart, but she didn't for one minute