She always keeps it, and it
means that I can look at it now."
Cordelia unwound the ribbon, opening the little book.
"Annie's Bible, and I never thought of her to-day! Just like I am
forgetting her so fast. Here is Helen's letter. I shall read that
first."
[Illustration: She read the little note slowly.]
She took a little white note from a dainty envelope and read it slowly,
but with understanding that spoke of previous acquaintance with the
words:
"_Dear Annie_: Will you let this little Bible be your
friend and guide, as I have tried to have it for my friend
and guide since I have been a King's Daughter? I have
marked some verses I have learned and have recited in
the meeting of our circle, and I wish that you might care
to learn them and recite them in your meeting at the
school.
"The King's Daughters in the Far East love to think
about the Indian girls away out West, who are also
members of our circle. Isn't it a sweet thought, Annie,
that although so widely separated, we are all the children
of one family in Christ, and are cared for by the same
heavenly Father?
"Yours with loving interest,
"HELEN MERRIAM, Hartford, Conn.
"Aged 16."
"It came in Annie's mission box, and Helen was her unknown white
friend," said Cordelia Running Bird, as she put the letter back into the
envelope.
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