Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-18
KINDLY DEEDS SOCIETY.
By James NJ. Hubbard

By James NJ. Hubbard.
Carry did not become a changed girl
right after her first prayer. No one
would have seen any difference in her,
though she did think something about
praying, especially when she went to
bed. Once or twice she said the same
little prayer over, but it didn't seem to
be answered as she expected. She
never said anything to Molly or the
teacher about her experience with the
Jessica story The next Saturday af-
ternoon she went up to Mrs. Stones
and finished reading it to her and left
the book there. "Nice story, isn't it,
miss? and | thank you ever so much
for reading it to me. | hope til do
me good. "Yesl | think it is very
nice, and I'm glad you had it for me to
read The next morning Carry, while
dressing, thought a good deal about
going to meeting. She wanted to, but
she didn't want any of her friends to
know she went. She thought she might
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and sit in a back seat and slip out just
before the meeting was over. She
about made up her mind to do this,
when at breakfast her father said,
Mother. it, such beautiful day think
Wen take a ride. You might put up
! lunch and we could have our noon-meal
somewhere off in the woods. Carry
was on the point of saying she would
rather 90 to meeting that morning,
when something stopped her She
knew it would surprise her father and
mother very much, and she did not
feel like explaining to them why she
wanted to 90 to meeting. They
wouldn understand, for she had never
told them about her teacher wanting
her to pray for Frank and how she was
trying to learn to. So they drove off
just as the people overcoming to the
church. she really felt sort Of ashamed
now to be going to ride, when a month
ago she wouldn't have cared bit what
they thought about her As they drove
along she was rather surprised to see
Molly's father going to meeting all
alone. Neither Molly or her mother
We're with him. She wanted to stop
and ask him if anything was the matter
with them, but her father was driving
too fast to do so. So she couldn' find
out and somehow or other she felt
troubled for Molly always went tC
meeting Sunday mornings. The next
day Molly wasn't at school, and when
she had a chance Carry asked Dick,
Molly's best friend, if there was any
thing the matter with Molly. 'Why,
didn't you know she's got the scarlet
fever awful bad The doctor doesn t
know as she will ever get WELL" Carry
went back to her seat with heavy
heart. What could she do for her best
friend. Nothing only, and the thought
came-nothing except pray for her,
and then instantly there went up real
prayer to her Heavenly Father, from
: her heart, not in spoken words that
Molly might get we'll Every morning
she waited at the school gate for Dick
that she might get the latest news
] about Molly. He passed her house or
his way to school and Molly's father al
ways came out to tell him how she was.
? One morning as Dick came up, Carry
) noticed that he had a sad, downcast
] face, as if he didn't have good report
+ to make, and she ran TO meet him, cry
2 ing "How is she?" And Dick answer
! ed though with difficulty, "The crisi:
1 has come and the doctor is afraid she
l won't live through it. Carry ran into
5 the school house and buried her face il
e her hands as she sat down at her desk
e her one thought being oh! Molly, you
a mustn't die. When the teacher finish
t ed the closing prayer of the opening
5 exercises, she heard a faint voice say
| Please teacher, pray for Molly.
70 She recognized Carry's voice and unde
u some strange impulse said, Garry
c you pray for her" And then after