I owe
to it some of my happiest hours, and I thank you all for you kindness
to your invalid neighbor."
"Three cheers for Miss Brown!" cried Aleck.
"I think she will be just as much complimented if we make less noise,"
suggested Bess. "I am sure she knows that we all love her, and if we
have given her any happiness it is only a piece of the pleasure she
has given us come back to her."
"Hurrah for Bess!" cried the irrepressible one.
Next Will proposed the Big Front Door.
Great enthusiasm prevailed as Carl rose to respond. They all expected
one of his spread-eagle efforts, but instead he said: "I thank you all
in the name of the Big Front Door and the people who live behind it.
We have had good times there and hope to have more in the future, but
besides this it has helped us to do right sometimes, and though our
Order may seem rather childish now, let us not forget our motto, and
keep our silver keys to remind us to be helpers wherever we go."
He sat down with a flushed face, rather abashed at his own
earnestness.
"Good for you!" said Jim cordially, and the others responded, "We
will! We will!"
In the midst of the festivities Louise was discovered in tears. "I did
not mean to," she said, "but it seems as if everything was coming to
an end.
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