"
The gentle cripple had never even heard of the great Audubon. She did
not know that societies existed in many States called by the name of
the distinguished naturalist, engaged in the same merciful work.
Miss Katharine drew from the satchel the paper clipping and handed it
to her sister, saying: "This is a coincidence surely; I cut this out of
the daily paper at the store some time ago, intending to give it to
you, but I always forgot it. It is an account of the proceedings of a
convention in one of the big cities. You will see by reading it that
somebody else has been thinking your identical thoughts."
"How lovely that is!" exclaimed Eliza when she had carefully read the
notice. "How I should have enjoyed being at that meeting. We will
help those people all we can, Kathy, by stirring up our acquaintances
here. You invite the girls for tomorrow night and I'll have the house
ready for them."
That I had been an inspiration to this gentle girl in her work of mercy
was a great joy to me, and all the next day I was constantly bursting
into a round of cheerful twitters and I swung myself in my hoop as fast
as I could make it go.
The best room was swept and dusted with the greatest care, and a few
extra chairs moved in from other parts of the house.
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