Jewel?"

"I don't think discord is much, mother," declared the little girl.

"Of course it isn't," returned her mother. "It isn't anything."

"When I first came, grandpa had so many things to make him sorry, and
everybody else here was sorry--and now nobody is. Even aunt Madge was happy
over the pretty clothes she had to go away with."

"And she'll be happy over other things, some day," returned Mrs. Evringham,
who had already gathered a tolerably clear idea of her sister-in-law.
"Eloise has learned how to help her."

"Oh, ye--es! _She_ isn't afraid of discord any more."

"Now we'll study the lesson, darling. Think of having all the time we want
for it!"

After they had finished, Mrs. Evringham leaned back in the big chair and
patted Jewel's knee. Opening the bag at her side she took out a small box
and gave it to the child, who opened it eagerly. A bright little garnet
ring reposed on the white velvet.

"Oh, oh, _oh_!" cried Jewel, delighted. She put on the ring, which just
fitted, and then hugged her mother before she looked at it again.

"Dear little Anna Belle, when you're a big girl"--she began, turning to the
doll, but Mrs. Evringham interrupted.

"Wait a minute, Jewel, here is Anna Belle's."

She took out another box and, ah, what a charming necklace appeared,
brilliant with gems which outshone completely the three little garnets.
Jewel jumped for joy when she had clasped it about the round neck.

"Oh, mother, mother!" she exclaimed, patting her mother's cheek, "you kept
thinking about us every day, didn't you! Kiss your grandma, dearie," which
the proud and happy Anna Belle did with a fervor that threatened to damage
Mrs. Evringham's front teeth.

"I brought you something else, Jewel," said the mother, with her arms
around the child. "I did think of you every day, and on the ship going
over, it was pretty hard, because I had never been away from my little girl
and I didn't know just what she was doing, and I didn't even know the
people she was with; so, partly to keep my thoughts from error, I began
to--to make something for you."

"Oh, what was it?" asked Jewel eagerly.

"I didn't finish it going over, and I had no time to do so until we were on
the steamer coming home again. Then I was lighter hearted and happier,
because I knew my little darling had found green pastures, but--I finished
it. I don't know how much you will care for it."

Jewel questioned the dark eyes and smiling lips eagerly