Ah me! this is one more lesson of the many I have to learn; but let me bear up with a brave heart.

There is one who knows my path, and who will see that nothing therein need cause my feet to stumble.
From this moment I will think of all here as strangers.

I will faithfully do what I have engaged to do, and expect therefor only the compensation agreed upon when I came.

Have I a right to expect more ?" The bright colour faded gradually from the flushed cheeks of Jessie Hampton, and with a calm, yet pensive face, she arose and went down into the room which had been set apart for her use when giving instruction to the children.

It was warmed and lighted, and had in it a small library.