Robbie laid Nab, the kitten, down and sat in deep thought for a moment,
after which he answered:

"I pick up kindlings for mamma and run errands for her. Is that what you
mean, Aunt Abbie?"

"It is a part of what I mean. You should be very kind and helpful to the
dear ones at home. But I was hoping you could find some way to help
someone outside of your own home. Of course, you are a little boy, but
you can do some small thing for an aged or helpless one."

"I don't know of anything now, auntie; but I'll keep on the watch to
see."

"That is right. We should be on the lookout to see what work there is
for as to do."

The next morning as Robbie was having a fine run with his dog Rover, he
saw Granny Dorn, who was lame, hobbling along to get her cow, which had
gone down the lane to eat grass.

[Illustration: Robbie was playing with Rover.]

"I could do that kind of work for granny," said Robbie, "but it's such a
pretty morning, and Rover does play so nice!" Then he walked along
slowly for a moment, until a bright thought came to him. "Why, I can run
with Rover after the cow, and come back slower, so as to be rested for
another run." Away he went until he overtook granny, and said: