Barner back door that he turned his guilty steps. Miss
Barner was talking to a patient in the office when she
heard a small voice at the kitchen door full of distress,
whimpering:

"Please Miss Barner, I'm in a bad way. Tommy Watson said
he'd help me and he never!"

Miss Barner went quickly, and there on the doorstep stood
a tiny cupid in tears, tightly clasping his scanty wardrobe
to his bosom.

"He said he'd help me and he never!" he repeated in a
burst of rage as she drew him in hastily.

"Never mind, honey," she said, struggling to control her
laughter. "Just wait till I catch Tommy Watson!"

Miss Barner was the assistant Band of Hope teacher. On
Monday afternoon it was part of her duty to go around
and help the busy mothers to get the children ready for
the meeting. She also took her turn with Mrs. White in
making taffy, for they had learned that when temperance
sentiment waned, taffy, with nuts in it, had a wonderful
power to bind and hold the wavering childish heart.

There was no human way of telling a taffy day--the only
sure way was to go every time. The two little White girls
always knew, but do you think they would tell? Not they.
There was secrecy written all over their blond faces,