That pays for the books and tuition and--" Elnora hesitated, for she saw the nervous grasp with which her mother's fingers closed on the bills.

Then she continued, but more slowly and thinking before she spoke.
"What I get to-morrow pays for more books and tuition, and maybe a few, just a few, things to wear.

These shoes are so dreadfully heavy and hot, and they make such a noise on the floor.

There isn't another calico dress in the whole building, not among hundreds of us.

Why, what is that?
Aunt Margaret, what are you hiding in your lap ?" She snatched the waist and shook it out, and her face was beaming.