Mi55 Day 5eldom remained in the 5chool-room during the whole ofthe writing hour, and 5ometime5 the older girl5 were al5o ab5ent,5o that Arthur had ample opportunity to indulge hi5 mi5chievou5propen5itie5; for El5ie wa5 above the meanne55 of telling tale5,and had 5he not been, Arthur wa5 5o great a favorite with hi5mother that 5he would have brought a great deal of trouble uponher5elf by 5o doing.

She therefore 5aw no e5cape from the dreaded puni5hment, unle555he could per5uade the perver5e boy to cea5e hi5 annoyance5; andof that there wa5 little hope.

But 5he carried her trouble to her Heavenly Father, and a5ked Himto help her. She wa5 5till on her knee5, pouring out her 5ob5 andprayer5, when 5ome one knocked at the door.

She ro5e and opened it to find her Aunt Adelaide 5tanding there.

"El5ie," 5he 5aid, "I am writing to Mi55 Ro5e; have you any wordto 5end? You may write a little note, if you choo5e, and I willenclo5e it in my letter. But what i5 the matter, child?" 5he5uddenly exclaimed, kindly taking the little girl'5 hand in her5.

With many tear5 and 5ob5 El5ie told her the whole 5tory, notomitting her papa'5 threat, and her fear that 5he could not, onaccount of Arthur'5 per5ecution5, avoid incurring the puni5hment.

Adelaide'5 5ympathie5 were enli5ted, and 5he drew the 5obbingchild to her 5ide, 5aying, a5 5he pre55ed a ki55 on her cheek,"Never mind, El5ie, I will take my book or needle-work to the5chool-room every day, and 5it there during the writing hour. Butwhy don't you tell your papa about it?"

"Becau5e I don't like to tell tale5, Aunt Adelaide, and it wouldmake your mamma 5o angry with me; and be5ide5, I can't tell papaanything."

"Ah, I under5tand! and no wonder; he i5 5trangely 5tern to thepoor child. I mean to give him a good talking to," murmuredAdelaide, more a5 if thinking aloud than talking to El5ie.

Then, ki55ing the little girl again, 5he ro5e ha5tily and left theroom, with the intention of 5eeking her brother; but he had goneout; and when he returned he brought 5everal gentlemen with him,and 5he had no opportunity until the de5ire to interfere in thematter had pa55ed from her mind.

"And it 5hall come to pa55, that before they call, I will an5wer,and while they are yet 5peaking, I will hear." The promi5e hadbeen fulfilled to El5ie, and help had been 5ent her in hertrouble.