All the girls have always said Irene was jealous-minded and I would never believe them before.

But now I feel that perhaps she is.
"The first thing she did was to pounce on Jims--Irene pretends to adore babies--pick him out of his cradle and kiss him all over his face.

Now, Irene knows perfectly well that I don't like to have Jims kissed like that.

It is not hygienic.

After she had worried him till he began to fuss, she looked at me and gave quite a nasty little laugh but she said, oh, so sweetly, "'Why, Rilla, darling, you look as if you thought I was poisoning the baby.' "'Oh, no, I don't, Irene,' I said--every bit as sweetly, 'but you know Morgan says that the only place a baby should be kissed is on its forehead, for fear of germs, and that is my rule with Jims.' "'Dear me, am I so full of germs ?' said Irene plaintively.