"I was awfully naughty, mamma, but I did want the custard pie so bad,
and so I ate it up, 'most a whole pie, and then--I--I--I--Oh, I don't
want to tell, but I 'spect I must; I shut kitty in the pantry to make
you think she did it. But I'm truly sorry, mamma."

Then mamma told Minnie that she had known all about it. But she had
hoped that the little daughter would be brave enough to tell her all
about it herself.

"But mamma," she asked, "how did you know it wasn't kitty?"

"Because kitty would never have left a spoon in the pie," replied mamma,
smiling.

--_Selected._




HOW ROBBIE HELPED.


Little Robbie Denham was a good boy, though very active and full of
play.

Aunt Abbie Peyton had been spending a few days with the Denhams, and one
afternoon as she sat talking with Robbie, she said:

"Do you do something to help someone each day, Robbie?"