and we girls take turns in going in and reading to the elder children, as
well as amusing the younger ones. That is a good charity, and Grandmother
(Kate noticed that Ethel had begun to call Mrs. Hollister 'Mother' and
the old lady 'Grandmother') goes nearly every pleasant day and takes
flowers. She generally spends the afternoon with them, so in a small way
Dorothy Kip is emulating Jane Addams. Who knows but some day she may be
her equal,--Oh!"

The second letter said:

"I must tell you something. The other evening Harvey Bigelow called. You
know I never liked him any more than I liked Mattie nor Nora. Now I like
Mattie and I am beginning to like Harvey. I hope I shall change towards
Nora, but I see no sign now. Well, Harvey began.

"'Miss Ethel,' he said, 'I've determined to become a physician. I presume
you've heard that, and I'm determined to become a good one, too. You may
not know it, but I have always liked boys. I don't say that I dislike
girls,--but I do like boys. (Harvey is developing a sense of humor.)
When I visited my college chum--Joe Atkinson--this last summer, I was
surprised to learn that he was the Scout Master to a troop of eight boys.
He lives in Springfield, Illinois. I had a corking visit and a fine time
with the kids, two of whom are his young brothers.

"'Do you know, I became mightily interested in the movement. I have
studied and watched it and I think it's the finest thing ever started.
I came home quite enthusiastic and I talked of it to the two younger
Kip boys and Alan McAllister,--Grace's brother. If you'll believe it,
before I realized what I'd done, these boys had formed a troop and began
to importune me to be the Scout Master of it. There's the two Kips, Tom