CHAPTER XV.
"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in player, believing, ye shall receive." Meantime, was Kitty forgotten?
Not a bit of it.

If ever boy prayed for any one, Tip prayed for her.

His very soul was in it; yet thus far his prayers seemed to have been in vain.

The lesson, one Sabbath morning, was on "God's answers to prayer." Tip listened closely, yet with an unsatisfied longing in his eyes.
"Mr.Holbrook," he said, waiting after the rest had gone, "is there time for just one question ?" "Yes, for two, if you like," said Mr.Holbrook, sitting down again; "what is it, Edward ?" "I want to know why God don't answer folks' prayers right away ?" Mr.Holbrook smiled.

"If your questions are all as hard as that, Edward, I don't think there will be time for another to-day.