All that He does or orders is
Sure to be finished right.

"Now only let His will be done,
Nor clamor constantly,
Peace to thy heart on earth will come,
And joy eternally."

"It is well," said the grandmother. "Now we know a proper evening hymn,
and you may go quickly to rest, my children."




CHAPTER IX.

A PERPLEXING AFFAIR.


When Rico entered the cottage that evening it was later than usual, for
he had spent a full half-hour in singing the hymn. As he went in, his
cousin came flying towards him.

"Are you beginning in this style already?" she called out. "The supper
stood waiting for you a whole hour: now I have put it away. Go to your
bedroom; and if you turn out a good-for-nothing and a scamp, it is no
fault of mine. I don't know any thing that I had not rather do than look
after a boy like you."

Rico never answered a single word, no matter how much his cousin might