and
get her everything she wants, not wait for her to ask for anything, then
I can go off down street and make lots and lots of money, Viny. Think
of that, lots and lots! Then we can move, and Aunt Sylvia will maybe get
well."

Caryl's gray eyes were only a thought less big than those of her small
black audience, who presently caught the infectious enthusiasm and
emitted several lusty crows.

"Jiminy--oh, I DIDN'T say it--I didn't--I didn't! O Jiminy, I didn't--I
didn't--O Jimmy, I--"

"Stop saying it, then," exclaimed her young mistress decidedly, and
enforcing her words by a vigorous shake.

"Oh, I didn't--I will--O Jiminy! yes, I will!" cried the little black
delinquent, the full tide of original sin taking an unfair advantage of
her excitement to engulf her. "Oh--er--oh--er--r--"

Caryl came to her rescue by giving her a new idea.

"See how splendid you can be, Viny dear," she said kindly. "You can be
such a good little helper, so that part of the new home will be of
your getting; for I never could have the chance to earn anything if you
didn't take my place and be Aunt Sylvia's nurse."

"I know how," said Viny, perfectly overcome with the greatness thrust
upon her; "it's to slip crickets under her feet to put her toes onter.
I'll slip 'em all day. An' it's to wipe her specs, an' to say yes, no,
an' to--"

"To be good," finished Caryl solemnly; "that comprehends the whole
business."

"To be good," repeated the small nurse yet more solemnly, "an' to
compren' the whole bus'ness; I will."

"You are a ridiculous child," cried Caryl impatiently; "I don't really
suppose you are fit to be trusted, but then, it's the only thing to
try."

Viny, having been duly elected to office, considered her honors
settled, so she was little disturbed by any opinions that might be held
concerning her. Therefore she squatted and wriggled in great delight,
grinning at every word that fell from her young mistress' lips.

"You see, Viny," Caryl was saying, beginning on her confidence, "I've
got an order to teach the little Grant girls how to paint, and if I can
run down there two hours every morning, I'm to have twenty-five dollars,
and Madam Grant is going to give it to me in advance; that is, after the
first quarter. Think, Viny, TWENTY-FIVE dollars! That's what we want to
move with into Heart's Delight!"

This was the upstairs southwest corner of a little cottage that for a
year or more had been the desideratum of the you