ourishing food
that Mrs. Ashford and Miss Alice sent, she began to get greatly better.

When she arrived at the point of sitting propped up in bed for several
hours at a time, Miss Alice spoke of the crocheting and found her
exceedingly willing to learn. She took it up quite rapidly too, and very
much enjoyed working with the bright worsteds.

Miss Alice was greatly interested in her pupil and sometimes made quite
long visits, teaching her or reading to her, and her visits made the
little invalid so happy that she got better all the faster.

CHAPTER XI.

THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

Marty and Edith often accompanied Miss Alice when she visited Jennie.
Sometimes they each took a doll to visit Laura Amelia, also carrying
some of their dishes and having a dolls' tea-party. This always pleased
Jennie very much, though at first she scarcely knew how to play in this
quiet, lady-like fashion, as she had only been accustomed to playing in
the street with rough children before she was hurt. Of course she had
had no chance at all to play during the last year.

Sometimes the girls read little stories to her. This she viewed as a
surprising accomplishment, as she could only spell her way along, not
being able to read well enough to enjoy it. So in one way or another
they entertained her, making her forget her weakness.

Sometimes they talked about other things, telling her of the
mission-band, though, as it was something so outside of her experience,
she could, with all their explanation, hardly form any idea of it. She
took more interest in descriptions of the country, the green fields,
shady woods, and pretty gardens. She was very fond of flowers, and
during the early summer her friends kept the poor room quite bright with
them. An old lady living near Mrs. Ashford, and having an unusually
large yard for the city, had a great many flowers, and hearing of
Marty's sick friend in Landis Court, told her whenever she was going
over there to come and get some flowers for Jennie. This delighted both
little girls extremely.

One day when they were all with Jennie, she picked up one of her cards
that had on it a picture of a shepherd leading his flock and carrying a
lamb in his arms. She wanted to know what it meant, and what a shepherd
was, and what sheep were. After it had been explained, she said,

"'Shepherd' makes me think of a hymn they used to sing in the
Sunday-school down in the Harbor."

"Did you ever go to Sunday-sch