ately invited her
to stay for ever, and Freddie began building a wall with his blocks all
around her chair so that she could not possibly get away.

"Alice," said Mrs. Ashford, after there had been a good deal of talk and
play, "I am going to ask you to do something for me."

"I shall be only too happy to do it, Cousin Helen," said Miss Alice in
her bright way. "You have only to speak."

"Marty wants to do an errand down near the old postoffice this
afternoon. I don't like to have her go into that part of the town by
herself, and I can't go with her. Would you be willing to go with her?"

"Most certainly," was the cordial reply.

"Oh! that will be splendid," cried Marty.

Then both she and her mother proceeded to tell their cousin all about
Jennie, after which Marty dressed the doll and packed its clothes in a
box.

"What a good idea it is of Marty's to give that doll and all its
belongings to Jennie!" said Miss Alice. "It will be such amusement and
occupation for her when she is alone so much. It must be perfectly
dreadful to lie there all day, and day after day, with nothing to do and
nothing to interest her. I suppose she cannot read."

"Not very well, I fancy, for her mother said they had moved about so
much before she was hurt that she had very little chance to go to
school. I suppose there is really not much of anything she could do now,
as she is so weak and miserable, but it has just occurred to me that if
she gets stronger under Dr. Fisher's treatment, you might help her to a
light, pleasant occupation which would enliven her dull life."

"I? How? I'm sure I should be very glad to do anything possible for the
poor girl."

"You might teach her to crochet or knit. You do such work to perfection
and know so much about it. I know you have plenty of odds and ends of
worsted and other materials, and I can furnish you with a good deal
more. If she is able to learn, I think it would be a charming work for
her, and might be very useful in coming years."

"That is an excellent suggestion. I shall be very glad to teach her, or
at least try to teach her, for I don't know how I should succeed in the
attempt."

"Oh! you would succeed beautifully, and it need not take up much of your
time, as Landis Court is nearer you than it is to us, and you could run
over for a little while any time. But you can see when you go whether it
is worth while to speak of the matter."

"It would be just lovely!" was Marty's opini