Some objection was made on the score of her being, an old acquaintance, who would expect more notice than one in her position was entitled to receive.

This, however, was overruled by Mrs.Carlton, and, after an interview with Jessie, an engagement was entered into for a year, at a salary of four hundred dollars.
When Jessie mentioned the subject to her uncle, Mr.Hartman, he became a good deal excited, and said that she should do no such thing.

But Jessie remained firm, and her uncle was at last compelled, though with great reluctance, to consent to what she proposed, regarding it only as a temporary measure.
The first day's experience of Jessie under the roof of Mrs.Freeman is known to the reader.

It was a painful experience, but she bore it in the right spirit.

After that, she was careful to confine herself to the part of the house assigned her as a servant and inferior, and never ventured upon the least familiarity with any one.