life, they thought it was the better."

"Why were they called that name? Were they purer than other people?"

"I believe they thought themselves so."

"I think they look nice in the picture," said Daisy meditatively. "Are
there any Puritans now, papa?"

"There are people that are called Puritans. It is a term apt to be
applied to people that are stiff in their religion."

"Papa," said Daisy when an interval of five minutes had passed,--"I do
not see how people can be stiff in their religion."

"Don't you. Why not?"

"Papa, I do not see how it can be _stiff_, to love God and do what he
says."

"No--" said Mr. Randolph; "but people can be stiff in ways of their own
devising."

"Ways that are not in the Bible, papa?"

"Well--yes."

"But papa, it cannot be _stiff_, to do what God says we must do?"

"No,--of course not," said Mr. Randolph getting up.