"I do not like people to change and I would hate to have you think me changed.

I know," she added shyly, "I feel just the same toward you and the others here.

But oh, how lovely they are, both Kathleen and Nora." "They are good girls," said Mrs.Gwynne quietly, "and they have proved good girls to me." "I know, I know," said Jane, with impulsive fervour, "and through those winters and all.

Oh, they were so splendid." "Yes," said the mother, "they never failed, and Larry too." "Yes, indeed," cried Jane with increasing ardour, her eyes shining, "with his teaching,--going there through the awful cold,--lighting the school fires,--and the way he stuck to his college work.

Nora's letters told me all about it.