As soon as she
reached the house she told the story to Annie and Mary, through whom it
soon reached the mother's ears. She had no more occasion to caution her
little girls to avoid Jane Smith.
"How much our mother knows! Don't she, Susie?" said Annie; "she told us
long ago that Jane was a naughty girl; but we didn't see how it could be!"
* * * * *
THE COLD DAY
Both Susie and Annie Allis had learned a good lesson, and both of them
profited by it. They found, each for herself, how much safer and better it
was to trust their parents and obey their commands, whether they understood
all about them or not. These kind parents often reminded their little ones
that their good Father in heaven knew just what kind of parents he had
given the children, and that he required them to yield a willing and
cheerful obedience to all their parents' will, unless their commands
involved the breaking of his holy law. That this would be the case the
little girls did not fear, and, taught, as we believe, by the good Spirit
from above, they tried very hard to _please God_ by _honouring their
parents_.
The winter was quite mild and pleasant, and Mrs. Allis thought best that
Annie and Susie should continue to attend school as long as the weather
would permit. It was a long walk for little girls not quite seven years
old; but when the sky was bright and the path good they did not mind the
cold air, for they were warmly clad and full of health and animation; they
ran gayly along, scarcely heeding the distance they had to go.
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