Go thou thy way, sorrowful and suffering soul, alone; and if thy own heart bleeds, strive thou to soothe its pangs, by medicining the wounds and healing the hurts of another.
A few days thereafter, when Miss Ercildoune went over to Philadelphia, Sallie and Frank bore her company.

She had become as thoroughly interested in them as though she had known and cared for them for a long while; and as she was one who was incapable of doing in an imperfect or partial way aught she attempted, and whose friendship never stopped short with pleasant sounding words, this interest had already bloomed beautifully, and was fast ripening into solid fruit.
She had written in advance to desire that certain preparations should be made for her _proteges_,--preparations which had been faithfully attended to; and thus, reaching a strange city, they felt themselves not strangers, since they had a home ready to receive them, and this excellent friend by their side.
The home consisted of two rooms, neat, cheerful, high up,--"the airier and healthier for that," as Sallie decided when she saw them.
"I believe everything is in order," said the good-natured-looking old lady, the mistress of the establishment.

"My lodgers are all gentlemen who take their meals out, and I shall be glad of some company.

Any one whom Friend Comstock recommends will be all right, I know." As Mrs.Healey's style of designation indicated, Friend Comstock was a Quakeress, well known, greatly esteemed, an old friend of Miss Ercildoune, and of Miss Ercildoune's father.

She it was to whom Francesca had written, and who had found this domicile for the wanderers, and who at the outset furnished Sallie with an abundance of fine and dainty sewing.