hers and
daughters, unfit us for the judicial conduct needed in public
matters--and I'm glad they do," she finished, with a smile.
"It's not," Danvers amended, as he stood with his arm about her, "that
women have not the ability to do anything they want," for he was ever
chivalrous, "but that God in his wisdom gave them a great and special
work, and they should be kept strong and safe and holy for its
fulfilment."
"But it is not given to all women to choose what they shall do," said
Sandy.
"And few of them are gifted creatures, anyhow," said Hugh.
"And one life can never be as another," said I; but the older baby, who
looked up just then, said, "Mother."
"And that one word tells the whole story," cried Nancy, with a passion
of tenderness in her voice, laying the child's head against her bosom.
THE END
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