Some people are naturally good , you know , and others are not . I 'm one of the others . Mrs. Lynde says I 'm full of original sin . No matter how hard I try to be good I can never make such a success of it as those who are naturally good . It 's a good deal like geometry , I expect . But do n't you think the trying so hard ought to count for something ? Mrs. Allan is one of the naturally good people . I love her passionately . You know there are some people , like Matthew and Mrs. Allan that you can love right off without any trouble . And there are others , like Mrs. Lynde , that you have to try very hard to love . You know you OUGHT to love them because they know so much and are such active workers in the church , but you have to keep reminding yourself of it all the time or else you forget . There was another little girl at the manse to tea , from the White Sands Sunday school . Her name was Laurette Bradley , and she was a very nice little girl . Not exactly a kindred spirit , you know , but still very nice . We had an elegant tea , and I think I kept all the rules of etiquette pretty well . After tea Mrs. Allan played and sang and she got Lauretta and me to sing too . Mrs. Allan says I have a good voice and she says I must sing in the Sunday-school choir after this . You ca n't think how I was thrilled at the mere thought . I 've longed so to sing in the Sunday-school choir , as Diana does , but I feared it was an honor I could never aspire to . Lauretta had to go home early because there is a big concert in the White Sands Hotel tonight and her sister is to recite at it .
Lauretta says XXXXX the Americans at the hotel give a concert every fortnight in aid of the Charlottetown hospital , and they ask lots of the White Sands people to recite .
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