Show THE CHILD CHILDS S SIMPLE FAITH how small minds grasp the great problems of life little margaret bad had given her dog the dignified and not generally be stowed upon dogs name of stephen this being eapher difficult for every day pronunciation much coaxing and various tidbits finally induced stephen the dignified to come in answer to the more intimate and endearing term reevle there came a sorrowful day when deevie could not be found in any of his accustomed spots that night before sobbing herself to sleep margaret finished her prayer 0 lord please find deevie and bring him back after repeating this for several nights her ler mother thought she would save the child s faith from too severe a strain so suggested that she stop praying for stephen stephens s return but wait patiently she imagined time might efface the idea and leave her little girl with a faith still implicit some three weeks afterward she sat down 0 her the next sundays sunday s les son who is god margaret she asked god Is our father replied the child and where Is bev the mother continued the child s face wore a puzzled ex tor for a second then she ex claimed delightedly oh I 1 know iles he s off hunting reevie |