All were on tip-toe with excitement, and these remarks were flying
through this crowd of little folks when the adjutant came to the tent
door. Laughing through tears, he said, "Have you ever thought of the
Savior's words, 'Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the _least_ of
these, ye have done it unto me?'"

"That thought had come to my mind before engaging in this mission,
and it is that which drew me from my Michigan home."

"Doesn't this pay you," he continued, "for coming all this distance,
to see those sparkling eyes and light hearts dancing with joy?"

"Here is verified the declaration that it is more blessed to give
than to receive," was my reply.

A woman came one evening with the following queries:

"Missus, whar all dese clo'es come from? Does gov'ment send 'em to
us?"

On listening to my explanation, "An' don't gov'ment pay you for
bringin' 'em to us?"

After all her questions had been disposed of she sat for a moment in
a deep study; then said in surprise, "De Norf mus' be mighty, mighty
rich to send so much money down here to carry on de war and send so
much to eat, and den da send so many clo'es an' keep so many men
here too; indeed da mus' be mighty rich."

They were preparing to open a school for them. Henry Roundtree, a