THE KINDLY SPIRIT. 9 



make your life sweeter and happier for having known 

 them. 



One thing I beg of you : never be cruel to my 

 friends. It may be necessary and right to deprive 

 some of them of life, but it need never be done 

 wantonly or cruelly. And while you admire their 

 lovely shells, think even more of the quiet and pleas- 

 ant lives which they spend in their ocean home. 



