added. In another moment his eyelids had dropped and he too was in the
Land of Nod, whither Lily Bell had happily preceded him.

During the next four years Miss Greene was privileged to spend many
days in the society of Miss Lily Bell, and the acquaintance between
them ripened into a pleasant friendship. To her great satisfaction she
found Miss Bell's name one to conjure with in those moments of
friction which are unavoidable in the relations of old and young.

"I don't think Lily Bell would like that," she began to say,
tentatively, when differences of opinion as to his conduct came up
between Raymond and herself. "I think _she_ likes a gentlemanly boy."

Unless her young charge was in a very obstinate mood the reminder
usually prevailed, and it was of immense value in overcoming the early
prejudice of the small boy against soap and water.

"Isn't Lily Bell clean?" she had inquired one day when he was eight
and the necessity of the daily tubbing was again being emphasized to
him.

Raymond conceded that she was.

"When she first comes she is," he added. "'Course she gets dirty when
we play. Why, sometimes she gets awful dirty!"

The excellent and wise woman saw her opportunity, and promptly grasped
it.

"Ah," she exclaimed, "that's the point. I want you to start out clean