"Dear Aunt Hattie," she said, "you must not say that.

I am a coward, I know, about hearing of animals' pains, but I must get over it.

I want to know how they suffer.

I ought to know, for when I get to be a woman, I am going to do all I can to help them." "And I'll join you," said Mr.Maxwell, stretching out his hand to Miss Laura, She did not smile, but looking very earnestly at him, she held it clasped in her own.

"You will help me to care for them, will you ?" she said.
"Yes, I promise," he said, gravely.