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 SUSY AND ROBBIE AT THE WINDOW.
 
 HER AUNT SUSAN. 
 
 
 LONDON: 
 
 T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW 
 EDINBURGH ; AND NEW YORK. 
 
 1866.
 
 I. SUSY'S SERVANTS AND WHAT THEY DID, 
 
 II. VERY BUSY, 
 
 III. A GREAT DISCOVERY, 
 
 IV. THE FIKST WORD, 
 V. LITTLE CHARLIE, 
 
 VI. TUB NAUGHTY GIRL, 
 
 VII. TRYING TO GROW GOOD, ... ... 
 
 VIII. THE LKSSON OF LOVE, ... ... ... 
 
 IX. WORKING FOR GOD, ... ... 
 
 X. IDLE HANDS, 
 
 XT. WISHING AND TRYING, 
 
 XII. T1IK BOX OF BKAD.->, 
 
 XIII. LYING LIPS, 
 
 XIV. FOUND OUT, 
 
 xv. A MOTHER'S REWARD, 
 
 XVI. TUB LITTLK TRAVELLERS, 
 
 xvii. GRANDMAMMA'S PRESENTS, 
 
 XVIII. THE GRATEFUL UKART, ... ... 
 
 XIX. THE LIVING SACRIFICE. 
 
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 LITTLE SUSY'S 
 
 LITTLE SERVANTS 
 
 I. 
 
 SUSY'S SERVANTS AND WHAT THEY DID. 
 
 As Little Susy had a kind 
 mamma to take care of her, 
 you will perhaps wonder why 
 God gave her also a great 
 many servants of her own. 
 He gave her so many, that 
 you might spend your whole 
 life in reading about them. 
 But I shall tell you of only a
 
 8 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 very few, and then you can 
 ask your mamma to talk to 
 you about the others. For 
 the little servants Susy had, 
 you have too. 
 
 At first she did not know 
 what they were for, or where 
 they were. They did not 
 know either, and so they 
 were useless. Two of them 
 were black, and so much 
 alike that you could not tell 
 one from the other. Susy 
 kept them shut up most of 
 the time, so that nobody 
 could see them. When her 
 aunts and cousins came to 
 see Susy, they would say,
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 9 
 
 " I should think she might 
 let us see them ! " and would 
 go away quite disappointed. 
 These black servants were 
 bright little things, and they 
 soon learned to amuse Susy a 
 great deal. One of the first 
 things they did for her was to 
 let her see the fire ; and that 
 she thought very beautiful. 
 
 Susy had another pair of 
 twins for her servants, who 
 knew so little what they were 
 for, that they used to slap 
 and scratch her face. Her 
 mamma said she should have 
 to tie them up if they did so. 
 Indeed, many a little baby
 
 10 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 has had them all covered up 
 with white rags, to keep 
 them from doing mischief 
 before they were old enough 
 to know better. But though 
 they did not know how to 
 behave, they were very pretty, 
 tiny little things; and when 
 Susy's papa knelt down and 
 took one of them on his 
 hand, and kissed it, and 
 wondered at it, and said 
 what a funny wee morsel it 
 was, why, it looked, to be 
 sure, like a pretty rose-leaf, 
 or anything else soft and 
 pink you can think of. 
 Susy had another pair of
 
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 twins, that she took no notice 
 of for some months. They 
 did not learn how to wait 
 upon her so soon as some of 
 the others did. They were 
 restless little fat things, sel- 
 dom still a moment; and 
 almost all they knew was 
 how to kick holes in blue and 
 white socks. 
 
 Susy had still another pair 
 of twins, not very pretty, but 
 very useful; for without them 
 she never could have heard 
 her mamma sing, or her papa 
 whistle ; or the shovel and 
 tongs fall down and make 
 such a charming noise ; nor
 
 12 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 the pussy-cat say "mew!" 
 nor the doggy say " bow 
 wow ! " 
 
 She had one more little 
 servant, that she kept out of 
 sight all the time. All it 
 was good for at first was, to 
 get a great many breakfasts, 
 and dinners, and suppers 
 every day. But it became 
 good for a great deal more 
 after awhile. 
 
 But if I go on in this way, 
 I am afraid you will get 
 puzzled, you are such a little 
 creature. So if you will 
 guess the names of these 
 servants of Susy, I will give
 
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 you three guesses. And if 
 you do not guess right the 
 third time, you will have to 
 peep into the glass, when you 
 will see most of your own ; I 
 mean those I have been talk- 
 ing about.
 
 II. 
 
 VERY BUSY. 
 
 WELL ! did you look at your- 
 self in the glass ? If you 
 did, you saw in the middle of 
 your face your black or blue 
 or gray servants your two 
 eyes. No matter what colour 
 they are ; one kind is as 
 good as another kind. 
 
 As soon as Susy found 
 out what hers could do, she 
 kept them very busy indeed. 
 If she wanted to see her 
 mamma, her eyes would not 
 
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 SUSY AND HER MAMMA. 
 
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 wait for her to bid them let 
 her look at her ; for they 
 knew her thoughts as well as 
 she knew them herself. They 
 amused her while she lay on 
 her mamma's lap, by showing 
 her the bright sunshine that 
 came in at the windows, the 
 white curtains, and the ball of 
 gay worsted in the work-bas- 
 ket. When she was turned 
 over, her face downwards, to 
 have her frock tied, they 
 showed her the carpet, so as 
 to keep her from crying. 
 When they were tired, Susy 
 had a soft coverlid, with a 
 beautiful fringe, that she
 
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 could draw down over them, 
 and then they could rest 
 all night. God made this 
 coverlid on purpose. The 
 finest cambric handkerchief 
 is coarser; God only can 
 make a cover soft enough for 
 the eye. 
 
 After Susy was washed and 
 dressed in the morning, and 
 had had her breakfast, her 
 mamma would lay her down 
 upon the bed, and spread 
 a small blanket over her. 
 Then the busy bright eyes 
 would look up to the wall, 
 and look and look at a small 
 spot of sunshine there, till at
 
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 last they grew tired, and the 
 soft coverlid would begin 
 to come drooping, drooping 
 down, and Susy would be fast 
 asleep. Or in the midst of 
 the dark night, if she woke 
 and did not know what else 
 to do, she could look at the 
 night-lamp that sat on the 
 floor, in the corner, and 
 wonder what it was, and how 
 far off. 
 
 Every thing in the world 
 w^as new to Susy ; and as she 
 grew older, and her eyes grew 
 stronger, they kept showing 
 her all sorts of pretty things, 
 and made the time pass away
 
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 very quickly indeed. How 
 pleased Susy was the first 
 time they showed her the 
 sweet smile of love with 
 which her mamma looked 
 at her! She would have 
 jumped for joy if she had 
 been big enough. 
 
 But while her two eyes 
 were so busy in doing all 
 they could to amuse her, her 
 two ears were not idle ; and 
 one day, when she was yet a 
 very little baby, she heard a 
 pleasant sound of bells ring- 
 ing for church, that was as 
 sweet as music. She looked 
 surprised, and listened, and
 
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 listened, and threw up her 
 arms and smiled. After that, 
 if she cried when she was 
 washed, some body would 
 rattle the tongs and shovel, 
 or make some such queer 
 noise, and she would stop 
 crying to hear it. So then I 
 suppose her ears were very 
 glad, and now they could help 
 her to pass her time much 
 more pleasantly than before ; 
 for they could help her to 
 hear her mamma sing, and 
 what sort of a sound keys 
 make when they jingle to- 
 gether, and all that. Susy 
 was astonished at every thing
 
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 she heard, for she never 
 had been where there were 
 such wonderful noises before. 
 And when Sarah put coals on 
 the fire, Susy would start, 
 and perhaps think it was 
 an earthquake, unless her 
 mamma smiled, as much as 
 to say, " Don't be frightened, 
 darling ! " 
 
 So what with her eyes, and 
 her ears, and her soft red 
 tongue to get dinner with, 
 Susy was a very happy baby, 
 growing fatter and stronger 
 and wiser every day.
 
 III. 
 
 A GREAT DISCOVERY. 
 
 BUT one morning, when she 
 was ten weeks old, Susy be- 
 gan to play with a play-thing. 
 What do you think it was? 
 Why, her own little hand! 
 She felt it, lifted it up and 
 looked at it, tasted it, and 
 admired it very much. A 
 grave judge, sitting on his 
 bench, and looking as wise as 
 Solomon, could hardly look 
 graver or wiser than Susy did 
 when she first found out she
 
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 had two little hands. How 
 she turned them over, and 
 tangled up the tiny fingers, 
 and twisted and doubled 
 them ! Now she thought she 
 hact found out what those 
 little things were for, that 
 had been doing nothing but 
 slap and scratch and grow fat. 
 Why, they were to play with, 
 to be sure ! And she never 
 would have to cry for them, 
 or get up to look for them, 
 for there they were, always 
 close by, and so nice and 
 soft! So Susy played with 
 her hands, and cooed to 
 them, and told them stories
 
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 in Greek, or Latin, or Dutch, 
 nobody knows, and was quite 
 cheery and happy. 
 
 Her mamma was very much 
 pleased to see Susy playing 
 with her hands, and after a 
 time she offered her a little 
 piece of paper. Susy looked 
 at it and wanted to take it. 
 But her hands did not know 
 how ; all they were good for 
 was to play with each other. 
 But they wanted to learn to 
 hold things for Susy, and 
 tried very hard every day, 
 until at last they did learn to 
 hold her rattle for her, and 
 then an orange, and then a
 
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 bunch of keys. Nice little 
 servants! Don't you think 
 so? And by this time Susy 
 made a great discovery. She 
 found out that she had two 
 feet of her own, and thought 
 it would be a good plan to 
 get one of them into her 
 mouth. She worked very 
 hard before she succeeded, 
 and was such a busy little 
 baby that she could hardly 
 spare time to eat her break- 
 fast. I suppose she thought 
 all those fat little feet were 
 made for was just for her to 
 play with ; just as she had 
 thought about her hands.
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 25 
 
 Perhaps you would like to 
 see a letter that Susy wrote 
 to her little cousin about 
 these times. I rather think 
 she must have got her 
 mamma, or some body, to 
 write it for her. 
 
 MY DEAR COUSIN, 
 
 Since I last wrote you, I have grown 
 a good deal ; for I am now six months 
 old. I cannot sit alone yet, for when I 
 try, I fall over sideways. But with a 
 pillow behind me, I can sit up very well, 
 and play with my toys. I have an old 
 basket half full of play-things, about 
 which I will tell you. First, I have an 
 ivory ring, with a blue string in it ; but 
 I don't think much of that.. Then I 
 have a large glass stopper that came out 
 of a vinegar cruet. Thirdly, I have two
 
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 reels tied together, and fastened to them, 
 some how, is a whole piece of tape that 
 I snatched out of my mamma's basket, 
 and sucked till she said it was good for 
 nothing, and I might as well keep it. 
 Fourthly, I have a cork that used to be 
 in a bottle of something sweet, for it 
 tastes very good : I am fond of this cork, 
 and lie on the floor and play with it, just 
 as a cat plays with a mouse. I have 
 also a half-crown with a hole in it, that 
 my grand-mamma gave me; but I always 
 cry when I play with it, for it is so hard 
 it hurts my mouth. I have a great many 
 rags, that my mamma has given me. 
 When she cuts out my little frocks, she 
 gives me the pieces that are left, and 
 some are white, some pink, and some 
 blue. You see I am going to wear short 
 frocks pretty soon. But my best play- 
 things are two red sticks, that were a part 
 of an old fan your mamma left here.
 
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 The other day I was lying on the floor, 
 and I thought I would see how far I 
 could get one of them down my throat. 
 When I had pushed it a good way, I 
 began to cry. My mamma caught me 
 up and pulled it out, but my throat bled, 
 and was sore ; so I think I won't push it 
 in so far next time. 
 
 Sometimes I go and pay a visit to our 
 old cat and her three kittens. I talk to 
 them as loud as I can, but they do not 
 seem to understand what I say. And 
 they don't like it when I try to put them 
 in my mouth. 
 
 I am sorry to say that, as I increase in 
 wisdom I grow in naughtiness. I always 
 cry all the time mamma is washing and 
 dressing me, and am very angry with 
 her; for I don't like to be washed. And 
 the moment I see her take out my basket 
 at night, so as to undress me and put me 
 to bed, I scream with all my might, and 
 
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 never stop till I feel something soft in 
 my mouth. Last night as I lay on the 
 floor, playing with my beloved cork, 
 mamma carne behind me and unfastened 
 all my clothes, so that time I did not cry. 
 I have two feet that I find very handy to 
 kick with when I am angry, and two 
 hands that pick up my toys when I want 
 to play, and two eyes that show me 
 pictures and other pretty things, and that 
 never get any rest except when I am 
 asleep. And if you ever answer this 
 letter, I have two ears with which I can 
 hear it read. 
 
 I am a very good baby when I wake 
 in the morning. I lie in bed a good 
 while, playing with my feet, or anything 
 else I can get hold of. Sometimes I 
 untie mamma's cap-strings, and sometimes 
 I scratch and pull her cheeks and chin. 
 Very often I almost pull papa's nose off 
 his face, for I don't know what he wants
 
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 of it when he is fast asleep. Doesn't 
 this remind you of old times, three or 
 four years ago, when you were a baby ? 
 If you ever come here, I shall not know 
 what to do to amuse you, for I cannot 
 talk. I should scratch your face and pull 
 your hair, and put my fingers in your 
 eyes : I don't know any better, I am such 
 a little baby. I am very tired now, and 
 must bid you good-bye; but one of these 
 days I will write you another letter. 
 
 Your little cousin 
 
 SUSY.
 
 IV. 
 THE FIRST WORD. 
 
 NOT long after Susy sent her 
 letter, her mamma bought 
 some tiny little shoes and 
 stockings for her. Susy was 
 very much pleased indeed, 
 and at first she would keep 
 untying her shoes and taking 
 them off. But one day, when 
 she awoke from her nap, she 
 took hold of the two sides of 
 her cradle, and stood up 
 straight in it. Now she had 
 found out that feet were not 
 made just for play-things,
 
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 but to stand on. She was 
 so glad ! She kept taking 
 hold of the chairs, and her 
 mamma's dress, or the legs of 
 the table, so as to pull herself 
 up on to her feet ; and soon 
 she would stand at a chair 
 with her toys, and play by 
 the hour; and if the chair 
 moved a little, from her lean- 
 ing against it, her feet would 
 move too, first one, then the 
 other, learning how to walk. 
 How delighted every body 
 was, when one day Susy got 
 up in the middle of the floor, 
 and ran across the room! It 
 would be hard to tell which
 
 32 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 laughed most Susy, or her 
 papa, or her mamma. 
 
 Now Susy had learned how 
 to use all her little servants, 
 except her tongue. And you 
 must know that her mamma 
 had been giving her lessons 
 on that subject every day. 
 That is, she kept coaxing and 
 begging her to say " papa ; " 
 and I don't know how many 
 hundred times a day she 
 cried out to Susy, " Say 
 papa!" But Susy did not 
 say papa, and all the private 
 lessons were in vain. But 
 one evening, when she had 
 the toothache and could not
 
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 sleep, she stretched forth her 
 hand and said, " Book," to 
 her mamma's great delight, 
 who thought there was no 
 doubt her baby was going to 
 be very fond of books indeed. 
 Now Susy had found out that 
 her tongue was very useful, 
 for her mamma gave her the 
 book she had asked for ; so 
 she soon learned to say a 
 great many other words. 
 
 Did you ever think before, 
 how long it takes a baby to 
 learn how to use the little 
 eyes and hands and feet God 
 has been so good as to give 
 it ? If you watch your baby
 
 34 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 brother or sister, you will see 
 how awkward it is at first 
 about using its hands ; and 
 do not you remember how 
 eager you were to hear it 
 speak its first word, and to 
 see it trot about on its own 
 little feet? 
 
 But all 'this time I have 
 only spoken of Susy's hands, 
 and feet, and ears, and eyes, 
 and tongue, as being useful to 
 herself, and have not said a 
 word about their doing things 
 for other people. Now it is 
 not likely that God meant 
 any little child should live in 
 this world, where there is so
 
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 much to do, and do nothing 
 for its papa and mamma, and 
 nothing for Him who has 
 done so much for its happi- 
 ness and comfort. And He 
 is so kind, and loves so to 
 please those who love Him, 
 that long before Susy was 
 old enough to know it, He 
 taught her small baby hands 
 to begin some of the sweetest 
 work He made them to do. 
 When, in the midst of a 
 sleepless night in which Susy's 
 mamma watched over, and 
 sang to, and cared for her, 
 she had such a reward, such 
 precious payment for all her
 
 36 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 fatigue and labour, that a 
 queen might have envied her. 
 What do you think it was? 
 Why, it was feeling Susy's 
 little hand pat and caress her 
 face in the dark night, or lie 
 folded lovingly in her own, 
 or clinging fast to her neck 
 with all the strength a baby 
 can use. Then a thrill of 
 joy would rush through her 
 mamma's heart, and she 
 would forget everything the 
 world has in it of trouble, and 
 thank God for giving her a 
 baby to live and to work for, 
 and a baby to love and com- 
 fort her in return.
 
 V. 
 LITTLE CHARLIE. 
 
 So day after day passed, and 
 one or another of Susy's little 
 servants was always busy in 
 doing something for her 
 pleasure. Either her hands 
 played with pretty toys, or 
 her eyes looked at beautiful 
 pictures, and kind, loving 
 faces of dear friends, or her 
 ears listened to sweet music 
 or amusing stories, or her 
 feet carried her up and down, 
 here and there and every
 
 38 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 where. If she had had no 
 eyes, she could have used her 
 hands, but she could not have 
 seen the toys they held. If 
 she had had no ears, she 
 could never have heard her 
 mamma's voice, nor ever 
 learned to talk or to sing. 
 If she had had no hands, she 
 could have walked about, and 
 looked at pretty things, but 
 she could have touched no 
 toy, held no dear dolly, 
 caressed and patted no little 
 kitty. And if she had been 
 without feet, she might have 
 used her eyes, and her ears, 
 and her hands, and her
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 39 
 
 tongue ; but when other chil- 
 dren jumped and ran and 
 played, Susy must have sat 
 still in her little chair, and 
 felt what a long, long day 
 that is when one cannot 
 move. 
 
 I daresay you know some 
 little boy who cannot hear or 
 talk, or some pale little girl 
 who cannot run and play. 
 And if God has been so very 
 good to you as to give you 
 what He has not seen best to 
 give them, how you ought 
 to thank Him ! And how 
 happy you should be if you 
 ever can lend a book, or give
 
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 a flower, or do any kind act 
 for the deaf and dumb boy 
 who never heard his mamma 
 call him " darling! " no matter 
 how many times she may 
 have said it. And if you can 
 ever be what the Bible calls 
 " feet to the lame ; " if you 
 run to pick up that little pale 
 girl's ball if she drops it; if 
 you can go up stairs to get 
 her doll when she wants it; 
 would not that be making 
 your own little servants use- 
 ful and very happy ? And if 
 you ever happen to be where 
 there is a blind child, would 
 you not like to lend it your
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 41 
 
 eyes now and then ? And as 
 you cannot do that, you 
 would surely love to take it 
 by the hand and lead it 
 about ; and when you are old 
 enough to read, you would 
 read pretty stories to it? 
 There was once a dear little 
 boy, not much more than two 
 years old, who became very 
 ill. His head ached so that 
 he did not love to play or 
 run about. He liked to have 
 his papa or mamma carry 
 him round the room; and 
 then, when his poor head 
 did not ache too hard, 
 thev would talk to him,
 
 42 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 'and tell him stories. One 
 day his papa said to his 
 mamma : " I do not believe 
 our little Charlie will ever 
 get well. I think that Jesus 
 will soon take him up to 
 heaven. And I mean to talk 
 to him a great deal about 
 Jesus, so that the moment he 
 gets to heaven he will be 
 happy to be near such a dear, 
 kind Friend." So Charlie's 
 papa often took his poor 
 little boy in his arms, and 
 let him lay his head on his 
 shoulder, while he walked 
 gently up and down, talking 
 about Christ. He told him
 
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 all those sweet stories from 
 the Bible, how Jesus pitied 
 sick people, and how he 
 cured them, and how many 
 lame men he made to walk, 
 and how many blind to see. 
 So one day after he had been 
 talking so, he had to give 
 Charlie to his nurse while he 
 went out for a time, and 
 Charlie lay with his head on 
 her shoulder, just as he had 
 done on his papa's, till all at 
 once he lifted it up, and said- 
 " Mary, did you know that 
 Jesus hadn't any eyes?" 
 
 " Oh ! yes, Jesus had eyes," 
 said Mary.
 
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 "He had some once, but 
 He gave them to a poor 
 blind man," said Charlie. 
 
 You see Charlie was such a 
 little boy that he thought 
 when his papa told him that 
 Jesus gave eyes to a blind 
 man, that he had to give him 
 His own. 
 
 Little Charlie is in heaven 
 now, and has been there a 
 great many years. And he 
 has long known more about 
 the goodness of God than 
 any body who still lives in 
 this world. And if he could 
 speak to you, he would tell 
 you that it is better to be
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 45 
 
 without eyes and hands and 
 feet, than not to love Him 
 who was willing rather to die 
 than that you should not 
 know and love Him.
 
 VI. 
 THE NAUGHTY GIRL. 
 
 I HAVE spoken of some of the 
 good things Susy's little ser- 
 vants could do, and I am 
 sorry to have to say that 
 she sometimes let them do 
 naughty ones. 
 
 The first thing was while 
 she was still a baby, when 
 she raised her hand to slap her 
 dear, kind mamma, because 
 she was going to wash her. 
 Little babies often do so 
 before they have been taught
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 47 
 
 better. The moment Susy's 
 hand had given the slap, she 
 saw that her mamma's face 
 became grave and displeased. 
 Then Susy was sorry, and she 
 made haste to kiss the place 
 she had hurt, and the tears 
 rolled down her cheeks. But 
 very soon, when something 
 else vexed her, she lifted her 
 little hand, and was going to 
 strike with it. Her mamma 
 caught it in hers, and looked 
 at it gravely, and said: 
 " Naughty little hand ! " 
 Then Susy began to cry 
 again, and she cried so much 
 that her mamma had to lend
 
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 her her handkerchief to wipe 
 away her tears. Almost 
 every day the little hand 
 was naughty in this way, but 
 at last Susy's mamma cured 
 it, by always tying a red 
 mitten on it whenever it 
 slapped. It did not like to 
 wear a mitten at all, because 
 then it could not pick up its 
 toys so well. 
 
 After Susy had learned not 
 to strike, her little hands 
 began to grow meddlesome 
 that is, to touch and take 
 things they should not have 
 touched. One day they tore 
 the newspaper all to pieces.
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 49 
 
 Once they cut off all her hair, 
 as far as they could reach it. 
 One of them got into the 
 sugar-bowl, and took three 
 lumps of sugar. And once, 
 when they were in the 
 country, and there was a 
 wash-stand in the room, Susy 
 tried to open the drawer, and 
 pulled the wash-stand over, 
 broke the pitcher, spilled the 
 water, and frightened every 
 body very much indeed. 
 
 All these things made a 
 deal of trouble. Susy's mam- 
 ma had to keep all the time 
 teaching her that she must 
 not do so. It took her a
 
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 longtime to teach Susy that 
 there were some things she 
 must not touch. 
 
 And when the busy little 
 hands began to learn what 
 they were taught, then the 
 little feet began to get into 
 trouble. One day, before 
 Susy was old enough to go 
 up and down stairs by herself, 
 her mamma had visitors, and 
 Susy kept talking and talking 
 at such a rate that at last 
 nobody else could be heard. 
 So her mamma took her into 
 the hall and seated her on 
 the lowest stair, where Susy 
 was fond of sitting, and said
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 51 
 
 to her : " My little Susy must 
 sit here awhile, because she 
 does not mind mamma and 
 stop talking." Very soon she 
 heard a little voice cry out, 
 " Mamma! aren't you afraid 
 your little girl will fall down 
 stairs ? " and on running to 
 see what that meant, there 
 was Susy sitting on the top 
 stair, smiling and looking 
 very happy to think she had 
 played such a trick. And 
 not long after, the two truant 
 feet carried Susy out into the 
 street, among the carts and 
 horses, and if God had not 
 taken care of her, she would
 
 52 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 certainly have been killed. 
 And another time Susy 
 climbed up and was just 
 going to put one foot out of 
 the window, when her mam- 
 ma caught her by her dress, 
 and pulled her back. I 
 suppose you did just such 
 things when you were a 
 baby, and your mamma 
 might amuse you by telling 
 you about it. 
 
 Susy was not so mischiev- 
 ous as some children are, and 
 when she was three years old, 
 and had learned what she 
 might do, and what she must 
 not, her mamma could leave
 
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 her all alone in the parlour, 
 with a few toys, and be quite 
 sure that she would touch 
 nothing she had been forbid- 
 den to touch, nor climb up 
 into dangerous places, nor 
 take any dangerous thing. 
 The scissors might lie on the 
 table, and the sharp knife 
 open by her side ; the good 
 little hands would not touch 
 them. Nor would the obedi- 
 ent little feet now take Susy 
 near the fire where she could 
 so easily have been burned. 
 If Susy promised to do a 
 thing, she always did it, and 
 so her mamma often let her
 
 54 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 play by herself in the parlour, 
 when up in the nursery Rob- 
 bie had not yet learned not 
 to get away all her toys.
 
 vi r. 
 
 TRYING TO GROW GOOD. 
 
 WHEN Susy- first learned to 
 walk, she was so pleased to 
 find that she could run about, 
 that she liked very much to 
 run to get things for her papa 
 or mamma. She felt herself 
 almost a young lady when 
 she found she could lift one 
 of papa's boots and carry it 
 to him ; and how pleased she 
 was when her mamma sent 
 her to get her work-basket! 
 When Robbie was dressed,
 
 56 LITTLE SUSTS LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 she liked to stand by, and 
 hold the pins, and she even 
 thought she could brush his 
 hair, and tie his frocks, if 
 they would let her try. 
 
 But as she grew older, and 
 stronger, and wiser, and so 
 better able to run for mamma, 
 or to wait upon her papa, 
 Susy grew selfish. If her 
 mamma said, " Susy, bring 
 me my work," Susy would 
 say, " In a minute, mamma! " 
 and go on playing. Or she 
 would ask, " Must I bring 
 it?" or, "Mayn't I wait till I 
 have finis'ed my house ? " 
 And if her papa* said,
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 57 
 
 " Doesn't my little Susy want 
 to rub papa's head ? " she 
 would be likely to give it 
 one or two little rubs, and 
 then run off to play again. 
 
 A great many ways were 
 tried to cure Susy of these 
 faults. One of the best was 
 never to allow her to do a little 
 favour after she had objected 
 to do it. When her mamma 
 asked her to run and get a 
 book for her, if Susy looked 
 fretful, or went slowly, or 
 said, " Oh dear ! " then her 
 papa would say, " Stop, Susy, 
 you cannot go. Nobody shall 
 wait on dear mamma who
 
 58 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 looks and speaks so ! " and 
 then he would go for the 
 book himself, and Susy would 
 feel so ashamed! And as 
 soon as Robbie was able to 
 use his feet and hands, Susy 
 learned from his behaviour to 
 try to obey quickly and 
 cheerfully ; for no matter 
 how busy Robbie was, he 
 always smiled when papa 
 called him to get things for 
 him ; and if Susy did not 
 jump the very moment she 
 was spoken to, Robbie would 
 get it first, and then he 
 would have a sweet kiss and 
 a loving smile as his reward.
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 59 
 
 But you must not think 
 Susy did not try to grow 
 good, or that she never was 
 good. Her papa and mamma 
 often had a great deal of com r 
 fort in seeing how hard she 
 tried to do kind, loving 
 things for them. If she saw 
 her papa look tired, she 
 would often go to him and 
 say, " Dear papa ! when I am 
 a big girl I mean to work 
 and let you sit still ! " and, 
 " May I rub your head ? 
 May I get your slippers ? " 
 And when her mamma saw 
 that she was feeling and be- 
 having so sweetly, she did 
 
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 60 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 not forget to tell her, when 
 she went to bed, how much 
 real pleasure it had given 
 her. 
 
 " My little hands have 
 been good hands to-day," 
 Susy said one night ; " and I 
 wish mamma would kiss them 
 when they've been good." 
 Her mamma smiled, and 
 kissed them, and then Susy 
 folded them together, and 
 knelt down and prayed. 
 And after she had got into 
 bed, she said, " My hands 
 will never be naughty any 
 more never strike Robbie 
 never take away his toys
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 61 
 
 never touch any body's 
 things." 
 
 And then her mamma told 
 her a story about a little girl 
 who stood by her brother's 
 coffin, and taking up the 
 small, cold hand, kissed it, 
 and said : " This little hand 
 never struck me ! " Susy lay 
 still, and thought and thought 
 a good while after hearing 
 this story. 
 
 " Mamma ! " said she at 
 last, " I will try to be good. 
 And then perhaps when I am 
 dead, you will 'member me, 
 and you can take hold of my 
 little hand, and say, ' This little
 
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 hand wasn't always a good 
 little hand, but it tried to be 
 good, and sometimes it patted 
 and loved me.' ' Then Susy 
 put up her hand, and caressed 
 her mamma's cheek, and 
 kept saying, " Dear mamma ! 
 kind mamma ! " till she fell 
 asleep.
 
 VIII. 
 
 THE LESSON OP LOVE. 
 
 " MAMMA ! " said Susy, one 
 day as they were walking 
 home from church, " there is 
 a little girl in my class at 
 school, who loves me dearly. 
 She always hugs my hands, 
 and hugs them." 
 
 Her mamma smiled, and 
 said, " Then I hope you 
 6 hugged ' hers too." 
 
 "I was afraid to," said 
 Susy. 
 
 " Then that little girl was
 
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 disappointed, I dare say. You 
 should have let her see that 
 you were grateful to her for 
 loving you." 
 
 " I turned my head away 
 round so " said Susy. 
 
 " Instead of that you 
 should have smiled, and 
 looked kindly at her, as 
 much as to say, I like to 
 have you love me, and I love 
 you too." 
 
 Susy looked down, and 
 smiled. " I was afraid to," 
 she said again. 
 
 They walked along to- 
 gether in silence for some 
 time. At last Susy quite for-
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 65 
 
 got what they had been talk- 
 ing about, and began to 
 think what a pleasant day it 
 was, and how sweet and fresh 
 the air felt, and how nice it 
 was to walk with her dear 
 papa and mamma ; and while 
 she thought thus, she clasped 
 the hand she held more firmly 
 and lovingly. Her mamma, 
 however, took no notice of 
 this, and turned her head 
 away. 
 
 Susy felt hurt. 
 
 " Mamma does not love me 
 a bit," thought she, and she 
 was going to draw away her 
 hand.
 
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 Her mamma looked down 
 and smiled, and said playfully, 
 " Oh ! I felt your little loving 
 squeeze, but I was afraid to 
 take any notice of it." 
 
 Susy smiled too. She 
 never forgot this little lesson, 
 and it was useful to her as 
 long as she lived. 
 
 Children should not only 
 learn to observe little tokens 
 of love, but to be grateful 
 for them. 
 
 " Mamma, was I a good 
 girl in church ? " said Susy 
 when they reached home. 
 
 " Yes, pretty good. But I 
 must tell you something
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 67 
 
 about a dear little boy, whose 
 life you shall read as soon as 
 you are old enough. When 
 asked if there were many chil- 
 dren at the Sunday-school, he 
 said, ' I don't know, for when 
 I am there, I never dare to 
 look round.' Now your little 
 hands were very good in 
 church; and so were your 
 little feet. But I thought 
 your eyes and ears were not 
 so good." 
 
 "My eyes looked round a 
 good deal," said Susy. " But 
 my ears couldrit do any thing 
 naughty." 
 
 " Yes they could, dear
 
 68 LITTLE SUSTS LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 Susy, by not listening to 
 what was said. Did they 
 hear any thing at all ? " 
 
 " No, mamma. I was 
 busy, thinking. I thinked 
 about my dollies." 
 
 66 But we do not go to 
 church to think about dollies. 
 We go to praise (rod, and 
 hear about Him." 
 
 " Big people don't have 
 any dollies," said Susy. 
 
 " But they have other 
 things that they like as well. 
 And when they first go into 
 church, they ask God to help 
 them not to think about any 
 thing but Himself, and to
 
 SUSY AWAKING HER BROTHER.
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 69 
 
 hear what is said. For in 
 the Bible it speaks of those 
 who, having ears, hear not 
 and I do not want my 
 little Susy to be one of 
 those." 
 
 Susy then went up stairs to 
 the nursery, where she found 
 Robbie asleep in his cradle. 
 She went up to him, and put- 
 ting her mouth close to his 
 ear, shouted, " Robbie ! Rob- 
 bie ! " 
 
 Robbie opened his eyes, 
 turned over, and smiled. 
 
 " You naughty, naughty 
 girl ! " said his nurse, " to 
 wake your brother up. I'll
 
 70 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 tell your mamma, and she'll 
 punish you well." 
 
 "I didn't mean to wake 
 him up," said Susy. ." I only 
 wanted to see if he was one 
 of those who, having ears, 
 hear not. And I think 
 he isn't, he wakes up so 
 easy." 
 
 " I'll tell your mamma the 
 very first thing. He will be 
 just as cross as two sticks. 
 Just as I had got him to 
 sleep ! It is too bad ! " 
 
 Susy looked quite puzzled 
 to know what she had done. 
 She ran down to her mamma, 
 and told her all about.
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 71 
 
 "Was I naughty, mamma?" 
 she asked. 
 
 " Yes, I think you were. 
 For you know how often I 
 have told you there must be 
 no noise when Robbie was 
 asleep. And then it was 
 wrong to use God's holy 
 words to play with." 
 
 Susy sighed. "Oh dear!" 
 said she. " First my ears are 
 naughty, and then my tongue. 
 But they are sorry, mamma." 
 
 Her mamma kissed her, 
 and told her to go upstairs 
 and amuse Robbie, as she 
 had made him lose his nap. 
 So Susy went, and said
 
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 in a pleasant voice to 
 nurse : 
 
 " I've come to 'muse Rob- 
 bie because I woke him up," 
 and nurse smiled, and said: 
 
 "Well, you are a good 
 child when you aren't 
 naughty."
 
 IX. 
 
 WORKING FOR GOD. 
 
 ONE day Susy and her mam- 
 ma and Robbie were sitting 
 alone together in the nursery. 
 Susy was in the corner with 
 her toys, and Robbie sat on 
 his mamma's lap. Every now 
 and then he put up his little 
 hand to pat her cheek or to 
 play with her hair. His bare 
 white foot was nestled in her 
 hand, and more than once 
 she leaned over and kissed 
 it. After a time Susy got 
 
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 74 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 up and came and stood by 
 them. 
 
 " You love Robbie dearly, 
 don't you, mamma?" she 
 asked. 
 
 " Yes, darling dearly. 
 And I love my little Susy 
 just as well." 
 
 " You wouldn't like to kiss 
 my little foot/' said Susy. 
 
 " I used to kiss it when it 
 was a little baby foot, and 
 wasn't covered up with a 
 shoe. But it would be rather 
 funny for me to take off its 
 shoe and stocking so as to 
 kiss it when there is this nice, 
 round cheek, all handy."
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 75 
 
 Susy laughed ; and kneel- 
 ing down she took Robbie's 
 foot in her hand, kissed it, 
 laid it on her neck and cheek, 
 and talked to it as if it were 
 a doll. 
 
 " Some body said Robbie's 
 hands were whiter than mine," 
 said she. 
 
 " That is nothing," said her 
 mamma. " The question is 
 not whether Susy's hands are 
 white, but whether they do 
 all they can for God." 
 
 " They are too little to do 
 any thing for God," said Susy 
 in a mournful voice. 
 
 " Why no, indeed, Jesus
 
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 said that whoever gave a cup 
 of cold water in His name, 
 that is, for His sake, should 
 not lose his reward. And 
 you can do as much as that, I 
 am sure. Besides that, every 
 time you pick up Robbie's 
 toys for him, you do some- 
 thing for God." 
 
 Susy looked puzzled. 
 
 " If you can't understand 
 how this can be, just believe 
 it because your mamma tells 
 you so, and by-and-by, when 
 you are older, you will under- 
 stand it. God sees every 
 thing you do, and when you 
 leave your own play, and run
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 77 
 
 to do a little favour for Rob- 
 bie, or papa, or any of us, 
 then He is pleased. When I 
 was kissing Robbie's feet and 
 hands just now, I was praying 
 to God to keep them always 
 pure, and to teach them very 
 early to work for Him. And 
 so I often did for yours when 
 you were a baby, and do now 
 every day." 
 
 Susy was pleased to hear 
 this, and she tried to think 
 of something she could do. 
 Her papa came in just then, 
 feeling very tired. 
 
 "Isn't Robbie well?" he 
 asked.
 
 78 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 "Not very well," said his 
 mamma, " and I am trying to 
 keep him quiet, hoping he 
 may fall asleep." 
 
 " Oh ! let me rub papa's 
 head," said Susy in a joyful 
 voice. " Lie on the sofa, 
 papa, and I'll rub it ! " 
 
 So papa threw himself 
 down, and Susy pushed a 
 chair up to the bureau, and 
 climbed up for the brush and 
 comb, and though she tangled 
 his hair and pulled it dread- 
 fully, papa let her work at 
 his poor head, till Robbie fell 
 asleep, and mamma could 
 come to the rescue. Susy
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 79 
 
 felt very happy, and she whis- 
 pered to her mamma : 
 
 " I love you, dear mamma, 
 and I like God too." 
 
 She felt very sweet and 
 happy, and looking about to 
 see if there were any thing 
 else she could do, she saw a 
 fly on Robbie's face. She 
 ran quickly, and drove it 
 away. 
 
 " Little fly! do you think 
 you are going to have Rob- 
 bie's face for your dinner ? " 
 said she. " No, indeed ! I 
 shall sit here, and drive you 
 away. And you can go homo 
 and tell your mother there is
 
 80 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 a great big giant named Susy, 
 sitting by the cradle, and you 
 are afraid to try to eat Rob- 
 bie's face." 
 
 The fly, on hearing this, 
 flew away, and Susy sat so 
 still that all at once she fell 
 over fast asleep. Then her 
 mamma came softly and 
 tucked a pillow under her 
 head, threw a cradle quilt 
 over her, and left her to en- 
 joy a sweet sleep.
 
 
 X. 
 
 IDLE HANDS. 
 
 " For Satan finds some mischief still 
 For idle hands to do." 
 
 " STJSY, dear, don't you feel 
 well ! " asked her mamma, 
 seeing Susy sitting idly on 
 the carpet. 
 
 " Yes, mamma, I feel well, 
 but I don't know what to do. 
 I wish you would tell me 
 what to do." 
 
 "Well, you may go down 
 and shell peas," said her 
 mamma.
 
 82 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 " I don't want to shell 
 peas," said Susy. " I shelled 
 a bushel yesterday." 
 
 " Oh ! no, not a bushel. 
 Not much more than a cup 
 full," said nurse. 
 
 " Then you may hold a 
 skein of silk for me to wind." 
 
 " I don't want to work, I 
 want to play," said Susy. 
 
 Her mamma was called 
 down to see visitors, and 
 Susy remained sitting on the 
 floor, in not very good 
 humour. 
 
 " Oh dear ! I wish I had 
 something to do ! " said she. 
 " I wonder how Robbie would
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 83 
 
 do for a doll ? I think I'll 
 try and see." 
 
 So she crept over softly to 
 the corner where Robbie sat 
 playing with his blocks, and 
 where she was out of nurse's 
 sight, and began to unbutton 
 his frock. 
 
 By-and-by, judging by the 
 silence that something wrong 
 was going on, nurse got up 
 and went to look. There 
 lay Robbie with his clothes 
 all off, while Susy was 
 trying to squeeze one of his 
 arms into her doll's night- 
 gown. The patient little fel- 
 low held a block fast in one
 
 84 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 hand, as his comforter under 
 his sorrows, for he really 
 thought he had done some- 
 thing naughty and had to be 
 put to bed. 
 
 "Pretty works, I do think!" 
 said nurse. " Just let me 
 call your mamma to see you, 
 that's all." 
 
 Susy jumped up and 
 caught nurse by her dress. 
 " You shan't call mamma ! " 
 said she. " Robbie is my 
 doll, and I'm putting him to 
 bed. Aren't you, Robbie ? " 
 
 Nurse only answered by 
 snatching him up and kissing 
 him.
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 85 
 
 " I do believe he would let 
 you cut his head off, if you 
 wanted to," said she. " Susy 
 is a naughty girl, and her 
 mamma will whip her." 
 
 " Naughty dirl, mamma 
 s'ap ! " repeated Robbie, show- 
 ing with his little hands how 
 mamma would do. 
 
 "If you had gone down 
 like a good girl, and shelled 
 peas," said nurse, " you 
 wouldn't have got into mis- 
 chief. Where is the other 
 stocking ? On your doll's 
 arm? Bring it to me this 
 minute. And what have you 
 done with Robbie's shirt?
 
 86 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 He will catch his death sit- 
 ting here with nothing on. 
 Well ! we'll see what his 
 mamma will say ! " 
 
 By this time Susy was con- 
 vinced she had done some- 
 thing really dreadful. So 
 she went softly down stairs 
 and began to shell peas as 
 fast as she could. Her little 
 thoughts were very busy. 
 
 " I think mamma won't 
 care. I was only playing. 
 And I will shell a lot of peas. 
 I wish I knowed where I put 
 Eobbie's shirt. I think I put 
 it under the bed. But if he 
 doesn't have it on, he'll catch
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 87 
 
 cold." The busy fingers 
 stopped, she slipped down 
 from her chair, and away 
 went the peas, rolling this 
 way and that, about the 
 kitchen floor. 
 
 " I wish you'd stay up 
 stairs, where you belong," 
 said Sarah. " See how 
 you've wasted the peas. If 
 I were your mamma, I would 
 not give you any for your 
 dinner." 
 
 " I'll pick them up," said 
 Susy. "And mamma said I 
 might shell them." She 
 seemed so sorry that Sarah 
 said it was no matter, she
 
 88 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 thought six peas wouldn't be 
 much loss. So Susy went 
 back to the nursery to see 
 about the missing shirt. 
 
 "If there isn't Robbie's 
 shirt hanging out of your 
 pocket ! " said nurse. " I de- 
 clare! I never saw such a 
 child. Well ! you wait till 
 your mamma hears of this ! " 
 As she spoke in an angry 
 voice, Susy saw a faint smile 
 on the corner of her mouth, 
 that quite cheered her discon- 
 solate little heart. 
 
 " I didn't mean to be 
 naughty," said she. " I did 
 not know what else to do.
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 89 
 
 And I never will do so any 
 more for a thousand years. 
 Won't you forgive me ? " 
 
 " Oh ! yes, I'll forgive 
 you. And I'll teach you a 
 hymn, besides, about idle 
 hands." 
 
 " How doth the little busy bee 
 
 Improve each shining hour; 
 
 And gather honey all the day; 
 
 From every opening flower! 
 
 How skilfully she builds her cell, 
 How neat she spreads the wax! 
 
 And labours hard to store it well 
 With the sweet food she makes. 
 
 In works of labour or of skill, 
 
 I would be busy too ; 
 
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 90 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 For Satan finds some mischief still, 
 For idle hands to do. 
 
 In books, or work, or healthful play, 
 Let my first years be passed ; 
 
 That I may give for every day 
 Some good account at last."
 
 XL 
 WISHING AND TRYING. 
 
 ' I WISH I knew how to sew," 
 Susy one day said to her 
 nurse. 
 
 "I wish so, too," said 
 nurse ; " for then you could 
 be always making aprons and 
 things for your babies. And, 
 in time, you could make a 
 shirt for your papa." 
 
 Susy smiled at this pleasant 
 prospect. 
 
 "I'll go and ask mamma 
 to teach me," said she, jump-
 
 92 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 ing up. " And I'll make my 
 dollies some frocks, and some 
 aprons, and some cloaks and 
 bonnets. And I'll make you 
 an apron, too, Robbie." 
 
 Robbie looked as if he 
 admired Susy very much, and 
 began to think, as he always 
 did when pleased, what he 
 could give her. 
 
 In the meantime their 
 nurse had cut out a little 
 white petticoat, and was bast- 
 ing it very nicely together. 
 
 "Is that for me?" cried 
 Susy, joyfully. " Nursy ! " 
 
 And Susy sat down, took 
 the needle in her eager
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 93 
 
 little fingers, and began to 
 sew. 
 
 " Oh ! you mustn't put the 
 needle backwards and for- 
 wards that way ! " said nurse. 
 " See here, the point of the 
 needle should come towards 
 you." 
 
 " Yes, I know," said Susy, 
 and went on sewing all sorts 
 of ways. 
 
 " That isn't right," said 
 nurse. " When you learn to 
 sew, you ought to learn the 
 best way." 
 
 " This is the best way," 
 said Susy. 
 
 " Very well ; if you know
 
 94 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 so much, there's no use in 
 my teaching you," said nurse, 
 feeling rather vexed. 
 
 "Oh dear! here's an old, 
 ugly old knot ! " said Susy. 
 She pulled the thread angrily, 
 and it broke. 
 
 " Join it for me, will you, 
 nurse ? " 
 
 Nurse joined the thread in 
 silence. Susy took one more 
 stitch and her needle un- 
 threaded. 
 
 " I can't string my needle," 
 said she. 
 
 " You must learn," said 
 nurse. " See, this way. And 
 you needn't talk about string-
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 95 
 
 ing it, as if it were a bead. 
 Ah! well. I may as well 
 thread it this time. But my ! 
 what stitches! Why, dolly 
 will fall through between 
 them." 
 
 " I think I won't learn to 
 sew," said Susy. " It's hard. 
 Here's the needle. I'll put it 
 back in your cush pinion for 
 you." 
 
 " My pin-cushion, you 
 mean. But I should be 
 ashamed if I were you, not to 
 know how to sew. There was 
 little Mary Jones where I 
 used to live: she sewed like 
 a woman. Such stitches!
 
 96 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 But then there are few 
 children like Mary Jones." 
 
 " I thought you said she 
 was the trial of your life," 
 said Susy. 
 
 "Well! the child's mem- 
 ory ! " said nurse, lifting up 
 her hands. " You should not 
 notice every thing I say, my 
 dear. Now I'll tell you 
 some thing. You learn to 
 sew, and you shall make a 
 little bag to give to your 
 mamma. Just such a bag 
 as Mary Jones made for her 
 mamma. Only yours shall 
 be blue, and hers was pink. 
 Come! that's a good girl!
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 97 
 
 Your mamma will be so 
 pleased ! " 
 
 So Susy sat down again, 
 and took a few more stitches. 
 
 "The needle hurts me! " 
 said she. 
 
 " That's because you've no 
 thimble. I'll lend you my 
 silver thimble the one your 
 aunt gave me." 
 
 So nurse wound a large 
 piece of paper round and 
 round Susy's finger, and 
 crowded the thimble over the 
 whole. It looked like a 
 helmet on a dwarf. 
 
 Susy took one more stitch, 
 and sighed.
 
 98 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 "I'm tired," said she. 
 " And the thimble is so 
 heavy ! " 
 
 " Well, put your work 
 away then," said nurse, " and 
 when we go out, I'll buy you 
 a dear little brass thimble. 
 But not unless you'll promise 
 to be patient, and to try to 
 learn." 
 
 Susy promised, but her 
 promise cost her many tears. 
 For her needle unthreaded, 
 her thread broke or got 
 into knots, her hands were 
 awkward and did not know 
 how to behave, and then 
 when she cried on her
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 99 
 
 work, it made it hard to 
 sew. 
 
 But every day her hands 
 grew more skilful. Finding 
 they really must learn to sew, 
 they would not dispute about 
 such a trifle, and you cannot 
 think how delighted Susy was 
 to be able, one day, to carry 
 her mamma the nice bag she 
 had made for her. 
 
 " Thank you, darling," said 
 her mamma. "I am very 
 glad your little hands have 
 made this for me, and T will 
 keep it a long time. Why, 
 when your aunt Laura was 
 your age, she had made a
 
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 whole quilt of bits of calico 
 not much larger than the 
 palm of your hand. The next 
 thing I know, I suppose you 
 will be writing me a little 
 letter." ' 
 
 " Oh ! I never could learn 
 to write ! " said Susy. 
 
 " Why not ? Are not your 
 hands just like mine? And 
 they learned to write." 
 
 Susy smiled, and looked at 
 her mamma's hands and then 
 at her own, but did not have 
 time to talk any more just 
 then.
 
 XII, 
 
 THE BOX OF BEADS. 
 
 FOR just at this moment a 
 carriage drove up to the door, 
 and Susy ran to the window 
 to see who had come. She 
 saw two gentlemen alight, 
 and presently her mamma 
 was called down. 
 
 " You may come with me, 
 Susy," said she. 
 
 So they went down to- 
 gether, and Susy saw that 
 one of the gentlemen had soft 
 white hair flowing down to
 
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 his shoulders. She looked at 
 his mild, kind face with great 
 interest, and when he placed 
 his hand on her head, and 
 blessed her, she felt very 
 happy. 
 
 " Mamma, is that the 
 Apostle John ? " she whis- 
 pered. 
 
 Her mamma smiled, and 
 shook her head, and Susy sat 
 still, and listened to what was 
 said, without speaking, for 
 her little tongue had learned 
 that it must keep still when 
 older persons were talking. 
 
 After the visitors went 
 away, she made up for lost
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 103 
 
 time by asking several ques- 
 tions all in one long row. 
 
 "Who was that man? 
 What makes his hair so 
 white ? Did you see him put 
 his hand on my head ? I 
 liked him dearly." 
 
 " That was a very good 
 man," said her mamma, " and 
 I hope God will hear the 
 prayer he made for you when 
 he put his hand on your 
 head." 
 
 " That's the way Jesus put 
 his hands on the heads of 
 little children," said Susy. 
 " I wish I had been there." 
 
 " That reminds me of a
 
 104 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 sweet little hymn that I 
 copied from a book Mrs. Ray 
 lent me. I must read it to 
 you till you learn it. Come ! 
 we'll go up stairs, and you 
 shall hear it." 
 
 So they went up stairs, and 
 Susy heard for the first time 
 that beautiful hymn, begin- 
 ing : 
 
 " I think when I hear that sweet story 
 of old." 
 
 Tears came into her eyes as 
 she listened, but they were 
 tears of pleasure ; she soon 
 had learned the first verse, 
 and they sat singing it to-
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 105 
 
 gether when nurse came in 
 with Robbie, who had a small 
 box in his hand. 
 
 " Mrs. Ray has sent Susy 
 a box of beads," said she ; 
 " and says she must string 
 them when she does not 
 know what else to do." 
 
 Susy was delighted to hear 
 this, and she flew off to find 
 a needle and thread, so as to 
 begin at once to string her 
 beads. It was, however, time 
 for their supper, and she had 
 to wait. 
 
 She was too happy to eat 
 much, and as soon as she 
 could, she hastened to the 
 
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 106 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 window, and seated herself to 
 begin her pleasant work. 
 She had hardly strung a 
 dozen beads when, looking 
 down, she saw that they 
 had all fallen from the 
 string. 
 
 " dear ! that's because I 
 didn't make a knot. Oh! 
 how I wish I knew how to 
 make knots ! Nursey ! won't 
 you make a knot ? " 
 
 " It's too dark to string 
 beads," said nurse. " You'll 
 hurt your eyes, Susy. Come! 
 put away your beads, and go 
 to bed." 
 
 " It doesn't hurt my eyes,"
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 107 
 
 said Susy. " I can see just 
 as easy." 
 
 All of a sudden she felt 
 two hands over her eyes. 
 
 " papa ! is that you ? 
 Please don't ! I want to 
 string my beads. See, papa ! 
 all these beads. Mrs. Ray 
 sent them." 
 
 " Mrs. Ray was very kind," 
 said her papa. " But my 
 little Susy is not kind at all. 
 She has been abusing two of 
 those servants that God gave 
 her. Don't you know it is 
 wrong to treat your eyes so ?" 
 
 " I think they didn't care," 
 said Susy.
 
 108 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 "I think they did," said 
 her papa. " And you must 
 remember that eyes are very 
 precious things, and be care- 
 ful of them. If I should give 
 you a little white-handled 
 penknife " 
 
 " papa ! I wish you 
 would!" 
 
 " If 1 gave you one, would 
 it be right for you to cut off 
 one of your little fingers with 
 it?" 
 
 " Why, no, papa ! " 
 
 " And is it right to in- 
 jure the eyes God has been 
 so very kind as to give 
 you ? "
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 109 
 
 * No, papa. And I won't 
 
 again." 
 
 " But what are they look- 
 ing so hard at my pocket 
 for ? " asked her papa, smil- 
 ing. 
 
 " Why, I thought perhaps 
 there was a little knife there," 
 said Susy rather doubtfully. 
 
 " And so there is. It was 
 given me to-day, and I will 
 give it to you. Only you 
 must promise not to open it. 
 For you are such a little girl 
 that I do not dare to let you 
 use it yet." 
 
 Susy promised, and her 
 papa took her on one shoulder
 
 110 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 and Robbie on the other, and 
 " rided " them, as Robbie 
 called it, three times across 
 the room; and then they 
 kissed each other good-night, 
 and Susy and her box of 
 beads and her little knife all 
 went to bed together.
 
 XIII. 
 
 
 LYING LIPS. 
 
 ABOUT this time a lady came 
 to visit Susy's mamma, bring- 
 ing with her a little boy. 
 
 His name was Thomas. 
 He was several years older 
 than Susy, but as there was 
 no one else for him to play 
 with, he had to amuse him- 
 self with her as well as he 
 could. Susy followed him 
 about wherever he went, 
 and thought every thing he 
 did very amusing, and that
 
 112 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 every thing he said must be 
 right. 
 
 One afternoon, as they were 
 playing together in his mam- 
 ma's room, Tommy asked 
 Susy if she liked candy. 
 
 " Yes, I like it," said Susy. 
 " But mamma does not let 
 me eat it very often." 
 
 " My mother lets me eat as 
 much as I please," said 
 Tommy. "There is a great 
 bundle of it in her trunk, and 
 she lets me go and get some 
 as often as I want it. I'll 
 give you some if you will 
 hold open the trunk for me." 
 
 Susy did not know that
 
 LITTLE SUSYS LITTLE SERVANTS. 113 
 
 Thomas had been forbidden 
 to open this trunk. So she 
 stood holding the cover open, 
 while he searched for the 
 candy. But it was heavy, 
 and her little hands were not 
 strong enough to hold it long. 
 
 " Make haste, Tommy," 
 said she, " or I shall let it 
 fall." 
 
 " I am making haste," said 
 Tommy. " And don't you go 
 and let it fall ; you'll break 
 my head in two, if you do." 
 
 Susy tried with all her 
 strength to hold up the heavy 
 lid, but Tommy kept her wait- 
 ing too long, and all at once
 
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 down it came. Tommy tried 
 to draw back his head, but 
 the trunk-cover was too quick 
 for him, and gave him a blow 
 right across his face and eyes. 
 
 As soon as he knew enough 
 to speak, he called Susy all 
 sorts of bad names, and struck 
 her several times. Susy was 
 so frightened and astonished, 
 that at first she was quite 
 silent; but after a moment 
 she began to cry so loudly 
 that every body came run- 
 *ning in to see what was the 
 matter. 
 
 By this time Thomas's fore- 
 head and face looked quite
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 115 
 
 bruised and swollen, and the 
 moment his mamma saw it 
 she flew to kiss him, and then 
 turned to Susy, and said in 
 an angry tone : 
 
 " What did you strike him 
 for, you naughty child ? " 
 
 " I didn't strike him," said 
 Susy ; " I didn't mean to 
 hurt him ; I could not hold 
 up the cover, it was so 
 heavy." 
 
 "What cover?" asked her 
 mamma. 
 
 " The trunk-cover," said 
 Susy. 
 
 " Oh ! so you were at my 
 trunk, were you?" said the
 
 116 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 lady. "And who said you 
 might do that?" 
 
 " Tommy told me to hold 
 it open while he got the 
 candy." 
 
 " Oh ! what a story ! " said 
 Tommy. " She went and 
 opened the trunk and was 
 going to look for candy, and 
 I went to make her come 
 away, and she struck me with 
 a great big stick." 
 
 " Is that true, Susy ? " asked 
 her mamma in a grave, sad 
 voice. For the mere thought 
 that Susy could do such 
 a thing made her heart 
 ache.
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 117 
 
 Before Susy had time to 
 answer, the lady cried 
 out : 
 
 " Of course it is true. 
 Don't you see the dreadful 
 marks on his face?" 
 
 " Answer, Susy, is it true ? " 
 repeated her mamma. 
 
 Susy tried to tell the whole 
 story, just as it happened ; 
 but seeing her mamma look 
 so sad, and every body else 
 believing Thomas, she could 
 only cry still harder. 
 
 Then her mamma took her 
 away to her own room, and 
 wiped away her tears, and 
 said :
 
 118 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 " Now tell me, my dear 
 Susy, all about it. I cannot 
 think my precious child has 
 done this sinful thing. But 
 don't be afraid to tell me the 
 whole truth. Remember God 
 hears every word you say. 
 Remember, my darling ! 
 Think before you speak." 
 
 "Mamma, I telled the 
 truth ! " said Susy. " I telled 
 the truth. Tommy said he 
 would get some candy for me 
 if I would hold up the cover. 
 And I tried to hold it, and I 
 couldn't. And won't you be- 
 lieve me ? mamma ! won't 
 you believe me ? "
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 119 
 
 Then Susy's mamma said in 
 her heart to God : 
 
 " O God ! teach me what 
 to believe. Do not let me 
 make a mistake. And oh! 
 do not let my little Susy ever 
 speak a word that is not 
 true." 
 
 And after she had said that, 
 there came into her mind a 
 way by which she could find 
 out whether Thomas had 
 spoken the truth. 
 
 She went back at once to 
 the lady's room, whom she 
 found holding Thomas in her 
 lap, and feeding with candy. 
 
 " Tommy, where is the
 
 120 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 stick you said Susy struck 
 you with?" asked she. 
 
 Thomas blushed, and looked 
 about as if in search of the 
 stick. 
 
 " I suppose she hid it some- 
 where," said he. 
 
 " She could not do that, 
 for she has been with me ever 
 since she left the room." 
 
 "I dare say we shall find 
 it," said the lady. " And 1 
 hope you mean to give Susy 
 a good whipping. She needs 
 it, I am sure. Such a blow ! 
 Why, what a naughty child 
 she must be ! " 
 
 " Susy says Tommy opened
 
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 the trunk, and told her to 
 hold it open while he looked 
 for candy. And it was heavy, 
 and she let it fall on his head 
 I think she has spoken the 
 truth. I never knew her to 
 speak any thing else. The 
 marks on Tommy's face look 
 to me just like those the 
 heavy lid of a trunk would 
 make." 
 
 " They look to me like the 
 marks of a stick," said the 
 lady. u But people see things 
 differently. Come, Tommy, 
 eat this nice candy. And I'll 
 buy you something to pay for 
 this." 
 
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 122 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 Susy's mamma said no 
 more. She felt sorry to have 
 her dear little daughter in 
 such trouble, but there seemed 
 no help for it. She went back 
 to her room, and taking Susy 
 again in her lap, talked gently 
 to her about the dreadful sin 
 of which Thomas had been 
 guilty. 
 
 " I never will tell a 
 naughty story/' said Susy. 
 
 " Don't say you never will. 
 You may be tempted some 
 time, more than you ever 
 have been. But ask God, 
 who is the God of truth, to 
 keep you from doing it.
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 123 
 
 How thankful you ought to 
 be that you have been taught 
 to pray ! For the Bible says 
 that no man can tame the 
 tongue. That is, no one 
 can, of himself, keep from 
 saying what he ought not 
 to say. And his only way 
 is to keep praying to God 
 to bridle his tongue for 
 him." 
 
 " My tongue isn't a good 
 little servant, then?" said 
 Susy. 
 
 " God can make it good, 
 and teach it to bless and 
 praise Him." 
 
 Then Susy's mamma took
 
 124 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 down her Bible and read 
 several verses from it. 
 
 "Keep thy tongue from 
 evil, and thy lips from speak- 
 ing guile." 
 
 " The tongue of the just is 
 as choice silver." 
 
 "Whoso keepeth his tongue, 
 keepeth his soul from troubles." 
 
 " He that telleth lies shall 
 not tarry in My sight." 
 
 "As soon as you learn to 
 write, my dear Susy, I will 
 make a little book in which 
 you can write all that the 
 Bible says about this. You 
 will be astonished to find how 
 much there is about speaking
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 125 
 
 the truth, speaking kindly, 
 and speaking wisely. And of 
 our dear Saviour it says, that 
 when His enemies reviled 
 Him, 'as a lamb before her 
 shearers is dumb, so He 
 opened not His mouth.' Now 
 the next time you see Tommy, 
 I think it likely he will say a 
 good many things to vex you, 
 and I want you to remember, 
 when he does so, how Jesus 
 did, and what you should do." 
 
 " Mayn't I tell him he is a 
 naughty boy?" asked Susy. 
 "Mayn't I tell him he has 
 telled a lie?" 
 
 " Would Jesus love you
 
 126 LITTLE SUSTS LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 when you were doing so, my 
 dear Susy? No, be careful 
 not to say one word that you 
 would not like Jesus to hear. 
 And pray for that poor boy, 
 that God would pity him for 
 being so naughty, and forgive 
 him, and help him to grow 
 good."
 
 XIV. 
 FOUND OUT. 
 
 EARLY the next morning 
 Thomas's mamma began to 
 pack her trunks in order to 
 go away, for she felt quite 
 vexed with Susy and with her 
 mamma. While she was busy 
 in this way, Tommy was quite 
 as busy in eating some dainties 
 that she had placed on the 
 floor while she made room for 
 them in the trunk. Tommy 
 knew they were to be carried 
 to his aunt, who was sick.
 
 128 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 By-and-by his mother turned 
 round, and seeing him eating, 
 she said to him : 
 
 " Thomas ! what are you 
 about ? I hope you have not 
 touched any of those things I 
 got for your aunt? Let me 
 see one, two, three ; there 
 ought to be four boxes of 
 jelly. Come here and let me 
 look at your hands. Come 
 this minute, you naughty boy, 
 you." 
 
 "I didn't eat a bit/' said 
 Tommy ; " I only just made 
 a little hole in one side, and 
 ate what came out on a pin." 
 
 " Where is the box ? "
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 129 
 
 "I don't know. There 
 were only three boxes." 
 
 " Yes there were four boxes. 
 And you've eaten one of 
 them. I never saw such a 
 boy! Well, I shall not buy 
 you the present I promised 
 you yesterday. To think 
 of your eating your aunt's 
 jelly!" 
 
 " I . didn't eat it," said 
 Tommy, in a sulky voice. 
 
 " Your face is all covered 
 with it, so don't let me hear 
 another word. I begin now 
 to think you told me a story 
 yesterday. Come here ! " 
 
 " What are you going to
 
 130 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 do ? " cried Tommy, trying to 
 get away. 
 
 " I'm going to see if the lid 
 of my trunk fits to that mark 
 on your face," said his mother. 
 "And if it does, I shall be- 
 lieve Susy spoke the truth 
 after all." 
 
 " I said she let the lid fall 
 on me," said Tommy. 
 
 "You said no such thing. 
 You said she struck you with 
 a stick." 
 
 ".I didn't," said Tommy. 
 
 "What a wicked, wicked 
 boy you are ! " cried his 
 mother. "I see just what 
 you are. If there is such a
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 131 
 
 thing as a rod in this house, 
 I'll whip you with it till you 
 are ashamed of yourself. 
 What do you suppose Susy's 
 mother thought of me yester- 
 day when T took your part ? 
 I only wish your father was 
 here. But I'll whip you, you 
 see if I don't." 
 
 On hearing this, Tommy 
 ran to get away ; his mother 
 ran after him, and seeing a 
 door near him, Tommy hoped 
 to escape by that means. For 
 this door led to a dark, low 
 closet under the stairs, in 
 which a grown person could 
 not stand upright.
 
 132 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 The moment Tommy got to 
 the door his mother seized him, 
 pulled him in, and locked it. 
 
 "There! now I've got you!" 
 she cried; "and there you 
 shall stay on bread and water 
 the whole day ! " 
 
 Thomas kicked against the 
 door, and cried, and begged 
 to come out, but in vain. 
 
 His mother was as severe 
 on one day as she was fond, 
 on another. She kept him 
 shut up till nearly night, 
 when she took him out all 
 covered with cobwebs, gave 
 him a good shaking, and 
 told him to ask Susy's pardon
 
 TOMMY PUNISHED.
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SEEVANTS. 133 
 
 for telling a story about 
 her. 
 
 That night when Susy was 
 going to bed, she said to her 
 mamma : 
 
 " Tommy and his mother 
 fighted together to-day, and 
 she couldn't whip him he ran 
 away so." 
 
 "How came you to know 
 that, Susy ? " 
 
 " The door was open, and I 
 was going by, and I heard a 
 noise, and so I stopped." 
 
 " That was not right, my 
 darling. You must teach 
 your little eyes not to look at 
 things they ought not to see.
 
 134 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 Didn't you feel, all the time, 
 that it was not quite proper 
 for you to stop and watch in 
 that way ? Always make it a 
 rule never to look at any 
 thing, no matter what, if you 
 have even a little bit of a 
 feeling that you ought not. 
 Your eyes are your own, and 
 you must teach them." 
 
 " I will, mamma," said 
 Susy. " And I am glad 
 I've got you for a mamma. 
 I'm glad Tommy's mamma 
 isn't mine. She didn't pray 
 to God to make him good; 
 she fighted with him."
 
 XV. 
 A MOTHER'S REWARD. 
 
 ABOUT this time Susy began 
 to learn to read. At first, 
 though she wanted to be able 
 to read, she did not like the 
 trouble, and would make all 
 sorts of excuses when her mam- 
 ma called her to come to her 
 lesson. Sometimes she said 
 she was too tired. Sometimes 
 she said Robbie couldn't spare 
 her. 
 
 Once she said her eyes 
 ached, and when her mamma 
 
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 136 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 still would have her read, she 
 wanted some body to come 
 and hold her book for her 
 because it was so heavy! 
 But she was learning to read 
 very fast, and also to make 
 letters on her slate like those 
 in the book. She was very 
 happy indeed when one day, 
 after working very hard, she 
 was able to send her papa a 
 little letter that she had 
 printed with a pen. All the 
 letter had in it was this, " I 
 love you, dear papa ! " but it 
 gave him a great deal of 
 pleasure, and I dare say he 
 has put it away among his
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 137 
 
 treasures, and will keep it as 
 long as he lives. 
 
 If you want to please your 
 papa, you might print such a 
 letter for him. It might tire 
 your little hands, but you 
 would not mind that, if papa 
 should kiss you ; and say you 
 had sent him a sweet little 
 letter ; you would only be 
 thankful you had two hands 
 with which to do something 
 to gratify him. 
 
 Susy's mamma was sick in 
 bed soon after this, and I 
 could not begin to tell you 
 how useful this dear child 
 now found every one of her
 
 138 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 little servants. Before this, 
 when she went to bed, she 
 used to leave her clothes on 
 the floor, for some body to 
 pick up. But now she folded 
 them neatly, and put them by 
 the side of her bed, so as to 
 dress herself in the morning. 
 She tried to be as still as a 
 mouse when in her mamma's 
 room ; and no matter in how 
 low and feeble a voice she 
 was asked to get something 
 that was wanted, she always 
 heard, and always went 
 quickly and without noise. 
 Sometimes, with her little 
 soft hands, she patted her
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 139 
 
 mamma's cheek till she fell 
 asleep. Sometimes she sang 
 hymns. Sometimes she would 
 try to comfort her mamma by 
 saying, " I think you will get 
 better by-and-by!" or, "If 
 you do not get well, dear 
 mamma, I p'omise you I will 
 take care of poor papa, and 
 never will let him go any- 
 where alone." She learned 
 to give the medicine, and to 
 shake up the pillows, and to 
 do a great many other kind 
 and loving things, even 
 though she was yet so small 
 that she had to climb into a 
 chair to reach every thing
 
 140 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 from the shelf or the bureau. 
 And don't you suppose her 
 mamma, lying now so help- 
 less on her bed, felt paid for 
 all she had done for little 
 Susy? For all the time she 
 had kept her awake, all the 
 fatigue, all the trouble ? Yes, 
 indeed ! And have you ever 
 paid your mamma for all she 
 did for you when you lay, 
 a weak helpless baby, with 
 hands that couldn't hold any- 
 thing, and feet that couldn't 
 walk, and a tongue that 
 couldn't speak ? If not, why, 
 begin now. Pat your mam- 
 ma's face with the little hand
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 141 
 
 she has taught so much ; tell 
 her you love her, with that 
 tongue whose first word it 
 learned from her lips ; run 
 for her on those little feet 
 she has so long kept out of 
 danger. If she has the baby 
 in her arms, and is going to 
 carry it about the room look- 
 ing for what she wants, ask 
 her to sit down and let you 
 find it for her. Let your little 
 servants know that you shan't 
 think much of them if they 
 do not wait upon, or in some 
 way be useful to, your mam- 
 ma, your papa, your brother, 
 your sister, and they shall not 
 lose their reward !
 
 XVI. 
 
 THE LITTLE TRAVELLER. 
 
 " How many miles a day do 
 you walk ? " nurse asked Rob- 
 bie. " Do you know ? " 
 
 Robbie smiled, and stood 
 still for a minute to think, 
 but soon ran away again. 
 
 " How many miles do you 
 suppose he walks, Nursy?" 
 asked Susy. 
 
 " I don't know. I wish I 
 knew. And I wish I knew 
 how many miles my hand 
 travels in a week."
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 143 
 
 "Your hand! Why, just 
 as many as your feet," said 
 Susy. 
 
 " No such thing. See here 
 now, look at me while I sew. 
 Don't you see how my hand 
 goes backwards and forwards 
 with every stitch ? And when 
 I make beds, and sweep, and 
 dust, and wash you children 
 and dress you, and brush your 
 hair, and pick up your toys 
 dear me ! it's a wonder they're 
 not used up long ago ! " 
 
 Susy laughed, and felt quite 
 interested. 
 
 " Who told you any thing 
 about that ? " she asked.
 
 144 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANT& 
 
 " No body," said nurse. 
 " Don't you suppose I ever 
 have any thoughts of my own? 
 However, I did see something 
 in the paper about how far a 
 printer's hand could travel in 
 one day, and that set me to 
 thinking about mine." 
 
 When Susy went to her 
 mamma, she told her what 
 she and nurse had been talk- 
 ing about. 
 
 " I suspect your eyes are 
 the greatest travellers you 
 know much about," said her 
 mamma. " Think how far 
 they can go, and how many 
 times they move from one
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 145 
 
 end of the page to the other, 
 when you read." 
 
 " I wish I knew how far," 
 said Susy. " If Charlie ever 
 comes here, I mean to ask him 
 to measure one of my books. 
 He has got such a nice little 
 carpenter's rule to measure 
 with ! " 
 
 Perhaps the children who 
 read this book would like to 
 know how far the hand that 
 printed had to travel to do it. 
 To be sure, it was not all 
 done by a single hand ; but 
 one of the printers has been 
 kind enough to find out how 
 many miles the hand moved
 
 146 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 when they set up the types, 
 
 and behold it was nearly 230 ! 
 
 *j 
 
 Add to this the journeys my 
 hand has had to make to and 
 fro over the paper, off to the 
 inkstand and back again, and 
 you will see that even our 
 little book costs a good deal 
 of labour, and keeps a good 
 many hands from being idle 
 and so getting into mischief. 
 
 While Susy and her mam- 
 ma were talking together, they 
 heard a little knock at the 
 door, and on opening it they 
 saw Robbie standing outside 
 with a long piece of twine in 
 his hand.
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 147 
 
 " What does Robbie want?" 
 asked his mamma. 
 
 " I want you to mezzer how 
 many miles long my foots 
 are," said Robbie. 
 
 Susy and mamma laughed, 
 and Robbie climbed up on the 
 bed where his mamma still 
 lay, though she was now get- 
 ting well. 
 
 " Instead of that, I will 
 teach you a verse to say to 
 papa at breakfast : 
 
 '"THOU HAST DELIVERED MY EYES FROM 
 TEARS, MY FEET FROM FALLING, AND MY 
 SOUL FROM DEATH.' " 
 
 Robbie learned his verse 
 very quickly, and Susy wanted
 
 148 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 now to learn hers. Her mam- 
 ma gave her an easy one : 
 
 " THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, 
 AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH;" 
 
 and Susy learned it so easily, 
 that she asked for another. 
 
 " I did not know there was 
 any thing in the Bible about 
 feet," said she. " Is there 
 any thing about hands ? " 
 
 " Yes, indeed. Don't you 
 remember the story of the 
 man with the withered hand 
 that he could not use ? Jesus 
 must have pitied him because 
 he had but one well hand, or 
 He would not have healed
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 149 
 
 him. In a few days I hope I 
 shall be strong enough to 
 have you come and read to 
 me, and I will make a list of 
 verses for you. For I want 
 you to see that though your 
 hands and feet and eyes and 
 ears and tongue now seem 
 small things, such as God 
 would be likely to overlook, 
 He has made them to do 
 great things and useful and 
 kind ones."
 
 XVII. 
 GRANDMAMMA'S PRESENTS. 
 
 SUSY and Robbie were stand- 
 ing at the window a few days 
 after this, watching some boys 
 who were playing in the snow 
 
 " I wish we could go out 
 and throw snow at each 
 other/' said Susy. " Can we, 
 Nursy?" 
 
 " No, not to-day," said 
 nurse ; " for your hands would 
 freeze for want of mittens. I 
 am hurrying as fast as I can, 
 to get some done, ^but I don't
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 151 
 
 know ; time flies in this 
 house." 
 
 " Where does it fly to ? " 
 asked Robbie. 
 
 Before nurse had time to 
 answer, the children were sent 
 for by their mamma. They 
 jumped down from the win- 
 dow, and ran to see what was 
 wanted. 
 
 " Grandmamma has sent a 
 basket full of things, and I 
 thought you would like to 
 take them out for me," said 
 her mamma. 
 
 " yes! " said^ Susy ; 
 " we'll take turns. Robbie 
 shall take out the first 
 
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 152 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 thing, and I'll take out the 
 next." 
 
 So Robbie put in his hand, 
 and pulled out, with great 
 labour, a jar of currant jelly. 
 
 "That's for mamma," said 
 Susy. " Grandma always 
 sends jelly to her." She put 
 in her hand and took out a 
 small bundle that had " Rob- 
 bie " printed on it in large 
 letters. On opening it, out 
 rolled a pair of nice warm 
 mittens, which were marked : 
 " For the little hands that so 
 often, and so cheerfully, 
 picked up grandma's ball." 
 
 Susy blushed, and the tears
 
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 came into her eyes. She 
 knew the reason there were 
 no mittens for her. She had 
 often looked displeased when 
 grandma's ball had rolled 
 under the table when she was 
 busy, reading or playing. 
 Robbie ran and threw his 
 arms round her neck. 
 
 " Naughty drandma ! " said 
 he. 
 
 " Oh ! no, kind grandmam- 
 ma, to try to make my little 
 Susy good," said their mam- 
 ma. 
 
 " Susy shall have one mit- 
 ten and I'll teep one," said 
 Robbie.
 
 154 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 " No, Susy must wait till 
 nurse gets hers done. But I 
 am sure dear grandmamma 
 has sent something for her. 
 Try again, my darling." 
 
 And this time there came 
 out six pairs of warm white 
 stockings three for Susy and 
 three for Eobbie ; and on the 
 bundle was written : "Grand- 
 mamma has not forgotten 
 how many times those little 
 feet went up and down stairs 
 for her when she made her 
 last visit ; and so she has 
 knit these warm stockings for 
 them." 
 
 " There's something else in
 
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 the basket," said Susy. 
 "Why! it's a cart, and it's 
 horses, and its barrels ! 
 Robbie ! Help me to get 
 them out ! " 
 
 Laughing and pulling, and 
 trembling over, they at last 
 got the cart and horses out of 
 the basket, and a very nice 
 toy it was. 
 
 " I suppose it's for Robbie," 
 said Susy. 
 
 " Aunt Maria sent it to 
 him," said her mamma. 
 " Don't you remember she 
 promised she would ? " 
 
 " Oh ! she promised me a 
 work-basket ! ' : cried Susy ;
 
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 " let me see ! yes ! here it is ! 
 O mamma ! There's a thimble 
 and scissors, and needle! 
 Now I can sew with my 
 own things. Look, Rob- 
 bie ! " 
 
 But Robbie was too busy. 
 One of his barrels had broken 
 open, and a host of sugar- 
 plums had rolled out all over 
 the floor. 
 
 " Robbie ! give me some 
 sugar-plums, will you ? " cried 
 Susy. 
 
 " It is torn" said Robbie. 
 " Big men don't load up with 
 sugar-punas." 
 
 " It isn't corn," said Susy.
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 157 
 
 " Yes, it is torn. And little 
 dirls don't eat torn." 
 
 " Little chickens eat it, at 
 any rate; arid I'm a little 
 chicken, and I'm hungry too," 
 said Susy. 
 
 "Well," said Robbie, "if 
 you are a little chiten, I'll 
 feed you," so he scattered the 
 sugar-plums on the floor, and 
 Susy ate them as fast as she 
 could. 
 
 " Leave him some," said 
 their mamma. " Don't eat 
 them all, Susy." 
 
 Susy jumped up and began 
 to take the rest of the things 
 from the basket. There were
 
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 stockings for papa and an 
 apron for nurse, and for mam- 
 ma a little roasted chicken, 
 which grandma had been so 
 kind as to have cooked for 
 her. 
 
 " I do believe I could eat 
 a piece of that chicken/' said 
 she when Susy held it up on 
 its little white dish. " Grand- 
 ma's things always taste so 
 good." 
 
 " Oh ! then you'll get well!" 
 cried Susy joyfully.
 
 XVIII. 
 THE GRATEFUL HEART. 
 
 THE little chicken, or some- 
 thing, did Susy's mamma so 
 much good, that the next day 
 she was able to sit up an 
 hour; and she felt able to 
 look over her Bible for the 
 verses that she had promised 
 to find for Susy. 
 
 Susy enjoyed reading them 
 very much. 
 
 " Why, mamma, there are 
 enough to fill a book ! " said 
 she. " We would put in the
 
 160 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 story of the man who had the 
 withered hand, and then all 
 about blind Bartimeus, and 
 the man who was blind and 
 dumb that Jesus made to see 
 and speak. And then there's 
 a story of a man who was laid 
 at the Beautiful gate of the 
 Temple, who could not walk 
 a step, and he was cured so 
 that he walked and leaped." 
 
 " And praised God," said 
 her mamma. " Don't leave 
 that out because that is the 
 best part of the story. I sup- 
 pose he would not have been 
 likely to praise God for the 
 use of his feet if he had
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 161 
 
 never felt the want of them. 
 I sometimes think that one 
 reason why God has made so 
 many lame and deaf and 
 blind people, is to teach them 
 to praise Him for what mercies 
 He lias given, and to teach us 
 who have feet and eyes and 
 ears and hands to praise Him 
 with our hearts and our lives 
 for His goodness to us." 
 
 " How can we praise Him 
 with our lives ? " asked Susy. 
 
 "Why, by obeying Him, 
 and trying to please Him. If 
 you had been blind all your 
 life, and I at last gave you 
 my eyes, what do you think
 
 162 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 would be the first use you 
 should make of them ? " 
 
 "0 mamma! I should want 
 to look at you the first thing;, 
 to see how you looked. And 
 at papa and Robbie too. And 
 I should want to do something 
 for you for giving me eyes. 
 But at first I shouldn't know 
 how." 
 
 " But when you had learned, 
 you surely would not use the 
 eyes I had given you to look 
 at any thing I did not want 
 you to see? If, out of love 
 and gratitude to me, you 
 should always refuse to look 
 at things you knew were
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 163 
 
 improper, that would be prais- 
 ing me with your life, or 
 thanking me, which means 
 nearly the same thing." 
 
 " I should think these lame 
 men that Jesus healed, would 
 have followed him every 
 where he went," said Susy. 
 " And do every thing for 
 Him. / should, I am sure." 
 
 " But you have more to be 
 grateful for than those poor 
 men had. For some of them 
 had been blind or lame ever 
 since they were born, and had 
 suffered many years before 
 Jesus came to heal them. 
 And do you follow Jesus
 
 164 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 wherever He goes, thanking 
 Him, and doing all you can 
 for Him ? Look at those little 
 hands ! Have they done for 
 Jesus all they could ? And 
 those strong, busy feet that 
 can carry you any where you 
 want to go ; have they never 
 carried you where you knew 
 Jesus would not go? And 
 have you never spoken any 
 unkind words you would not 
 have liked to speak if you saw 
 Him standing near, and listen- 
 ing?" 
 
 " I have done a good many 
 naughty things," said Susy. 
 " I never thinked how good
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 1G5 
 
 God was. And I've said a 
 good many things I shouldn't 
 think He liked to hear. I am 
 sorry, mamma. I am sorry, 
 really." 
 
 And Susy was sorry. After 
 she left her mamma she went 
 away by herself, and knelt 
 down and prayed to God. 
 She thanked Him that she 
 was not a little lame girl, sit- 
 ting pale and sad and unable 
 to run and play. She thanked 
 Him that she had eyes to 
 see this beautiful world with. 
 She thanked Him that she 
 had ears with which to hear 
 about Jesus, and the holy
 
 166 LITTLE SUSYS LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 angels, and the happy heaven 
 above. And last of all, she 
 thanked Him that she had a 
 tongue with which to thank 
 Him, and asked Him to keep 
 it from speaking unkind and 
 untruthful words. And He 
 who loves little children, heard 
 her prayer, and wrote it in 
 His book.
 
 XIX. 
 THE LIVING SACRIFICE. 
 
 THE next day was Sunday, 
 and Susy and Robbie went to 
 church and sat in the pew 
 with their papa. Susy ob- 
 served that a plate was handed 
 to every one, and that when 
 it came to her papa he put in 
 some money. So when they 
 were walking home together, 
 she said : 
 
 " Papa ! who was that 
 money for that you put into 
 the plate, at church ? " 
 
 (127) 12
 
 168 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 " It was for God," said her 
 papa. 
 
 "How will they get it up 
 to Him ? " asked Robbie in 
 great surprise, and looking up 
 to the sky. 
 
 His papa smiled, and even 
 Susy knew better than that. 
 
 " When Jesus was here on 
 this earth," said their papa, 
 " He sent good men, two and 
 two at a time, to go about 
 teaching people about God, 
 and about heaven. And such 
 good men keep going, even 
 to this day. And that money 
 was to help to feed and clothe 
 them while they are preach-
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 169 
 
 ing, and so I said it was 
 money given to God." 
 
 " I wish I had some money 
 to give to God," said Susy. 
 " But I haven't any." 
 
 " God does not expect you 
 to give Him what you have 
 not," said her papa. "But 
 you have other things besides 
 money." 
 
 " I've got some dolls" said 
 Susy. 
 
 " No, I don't mean dolls. 
 When we get home I will 
 read something to you which 
 will make you see plainly 
 what you can give to God." 
 
 So after dinner they went
 
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 to the library, and Susy's papa 
 took down a large book, and 
 began to turn over the leaves, 
 as if in search of something. 
 Before long he came to the 
 place he was looking for, and 
 he kissed Susy and showed 
 her where to read. 
 
 " Read it aloud," said he, 
 and Susy read. 
 
 66 1 have this day been be- 
 fore God, and have given my- 
 self all that I am and have 
 to God ; so that I am in no 
 respect my own. I have no 
 right to this body, or any of 
 its members ; no right to this 
 tongue, these hands, these
 
 SUSY AND HER PAPA.
 
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 feet, these eyes, these ears ; 
 I have given myself clean 
 away." 
 
 " These are the words of a 
 great and good man, who is 
 now in heaven. Now you see 
 what you have to give to God, 
 my darling little Susy." 
 
 Susy looked at her hands 
 and at her feet, and was silent. 
 At last she said, in a low 
 voice, half to herself : 
 
 " I don't believe God wants 
 them." 
 
 Her papa heard her. " He 
 does want them, and He is 
 looking at you now, to see 
 whether you will give them
 
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 to Him, or keep them for 
 yourself. If you give them 
 to Him, you will be careful 
 never to let them do any 
 thing naughty, and will teach 
 them to do every good thing 
 they can. And if you keep 
 them for yourself, they will 
 be likely to do wrong, and to 
 get into mischief." 
 
 " Have you given yours to 
 Him, papa ? " 
 
 " Yes, indeed, long ago." 
 
 "Are you glad?" 
 
 " Yes, very glad." 
 
 Susy sat still silent. She 
 did not quite understand what 
 it all meant.
 
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 " If you give your tongue 
 to God," said her papa, " you 
 never will let it speak angry, 
 unkind words. Or tell tales. 
 Or speak an untruth." 
 
 " I think I'll give Him my 
 tongue," said Susy. 
 
 " And if you give God 
 your hands, you will watch 
 them, and keep them from 
 touching things that do not 
 belong to them. You will 
 not let them be idle, but 
 will keep them busy about 
 some thing, either work or 
 play"- 
 
 "Oh! will God let them 
 play ? " cried Susy, in a joy-
 
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 ful voice. " Well ! then I'll 
 give Him my hands." 
 
 " And if you give Him 
 your feet, you never will let 
 them carry you where you 
 ought not to go, but teach 
 them to run quickly when 
 mamma calls ; and when you 
 are old enough, they will 
 carry you to visit and comfort 
 poor and sick people." 
 
 " Yes, that will be nice ! " 
 said Susy. " God shall have 
 my feet." 
 
 " If you give Him your 
 eyes, you will never, never 
 let them look at anything you 
 know He would not like to
 
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 look at if He were here by 
 your side. Not to read a 
 book you would not read if 
 He were looking over the 
 page with you. And to use 
 them wisely and with great 
 
 care." 
 
 " Could I cry with them ? " 
 
 " Why, certainly." 
 
 "Mamma says 1 cry too 
 much." 
 
 " I did not say you 
 might cry too much with 
 them." 
 
 Well ! I'll give God my 
 eyes some of the time, and 
 some of the time I'll keep 
 them."
 
 176 LITTLE SUSTS LITTLE SERVANTS. 
 
 "Oh! no! God will not 
 like that at all." 
 
 " Well, I might want to 
 let me see I might want to 
 look at something and I 
 couldn't. And I should want 
 to be naughty sometimes." 
 
 "A little girl who loves 
 God want to be naughty ! " 
 
 "I love Him, I do love 
 Him," said Susy. " And He 
 may have my eyes. I think 
 I shan't want to look at any 
 thing naughty." 
 
 " I dare say you will, Susy; 
 but if you give your eyes to 
 God, you know He will help 
 them not to do wrong."
 
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 " Then I will give them to 
 Him and welcome" said Susy. 
 
 " And as to your ears, after 
 you have given them to God 
 you will not let them listen 
 to a word that you think He 
 would not like them to hear. 
 And you will take care to make 
 them listen to people who try 
 to teach you. They have be- 
 haved very well to-day, and I 
 am sure you will give them 
 to God." 
 
 " Yes, papa, I will." 
 
 Then they knelt down to- 
 gether, and Susy's papa 
 prayed to God to hear all 
 they had been saying, and to
 
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 be so good as to accept all 
 Susy had now promised^ to 
 give Him, and to keep her 
 from ever forgetting her pro- 
 mise, but to make it her rule 
 in all she said and all she did, 
 all she saw and all she heard, 
 to remember 
 
 " I AM NOT MY OWN." 
 
 And then he taught her 
 the lines you will find under- 
 neath. They were written 
 nearly two hundred years 
 ago, but are just as good 
 now as they were then ; 
 and may God help every 
 child who reads about little
 
 LITTLE SUSY'S LITTLE SERVANTS. 179 
 
 Susy, to live according to 
 this prayer! 
 
 " Oli ! that mine eyes might closed be 
 To what concerns me not to see ; 
 That deafness might possess mine ear 
 To what concerns me not to hear ; 
 That truth my tongue might ever tie 
 From ever speaking foolishly ; 
 That no vain thought might ever rest, 
 Or be conceived in my breast ; 
 That by each word, and deed, and thought, 
 Glory may to my God be brought ! 
 But what are wishes ! Lord, mine eye 
 On Thee is fixed, to Thee I cry 
 Wash, Lord, and purify my heart, 
 And make it clean in every part ; 
 And when 'tis done, Lord, keep it so, 
 For that is more than I can do ! "

 
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