But the poor have to send their girls out into the great wicked world at this age to be bread-winners, often far away from a mother's protecting care.
The girl, however, in this case was a good, steady girl, and for a time did well.

Then something unsettled her, and she left her first place, and got another situation.

For a time it seemed all right, when suddenly her letters ceased.

The mother wrote again and again, but got no answer.
She wrote to her former place; they knew nothing of her.

At last she saved up a little money and went to the town where she believed her girl to be.