corners and tucking them in; while more bulky objects, such as
pebbles, a tiny china doll or a wee little Teddy Bear, must be
very carefully tied to the page by narrow ribbons put through
slits from the back.

Marjorie was so impetuous and hasty in her work that it was
difficult for her to learn to do it patiently and carefully. Her
first efforts tore the pages and were far from being well done.
But, as she saw the contrast between her own untidy work and Uncle
Steve's neat and careful effects, she tried very hard to improve,
and as the book went on her pages grew every day better and more
careful.

At the top of each page Uncle Steve would write the date or the
place in dainty, graceful letters; and often he would write a name
or a little joke under the separate souvenirs, until, as time went
on, the book became one of Marjorie's most valued and valuable
possessions.




CHAPTER IX

THE FRONT STAIRS


Marjorie had been at Grandma Sherwood's about weeks, and as a
general thing she had been a pretty good little girl. She had
tried to obey her mother's orders, and though it was not easy to