"Change your mind!" said I, sorrowfully. "I thought you had promised!"

"Well, so I did--and--and I'll keep my promise, Jack. Come on Monday;
and as you can't go to church to-morrow, see if you can't pick up a
little money."

I did not neglect her injunctions, and was fortunate enough to be able
to bring her sixpence on the Monday morning. Nanny went with me to the
clothing-shop, haggled and fought until she reduced the articles to
twenty-eight shillings, and then they were ordered to be made and sent
to her house. I earned but little money that week, and more than once
Nanny appeared to be very unhappy, and repent of her kind offices; but
when Sunday came she was very cheerful; she washed me herself very
carefully, and then put on my clothes. I cannot express the delight I
felt at that moment; when Nanny said to me, as she placed the hat on my
head:

"Well, Jack, I wouldn't have thought that you were such a handsome boy
as you are. Why, you may walk with your sister Virginia, and she will
have nothing to be ashamed of, pretty as she is. There, go and show
yourself; and, Jack, don't forget your promise to pay me back soon and
give me good bargains!"

I repeated my promise and hastened to the hospital to find Peter
Anderson. He did not know me when I came up to him. I told him how and
why I had got the clothes; he patted my head, said I was a good lad, and
that he would take me to the chapel at the hospital, where I could sit
with the school-children; he could manage that. Then I met Ben and
others, and they were all so surprised. I went to the chapel, and