This, however, was a dead failure.

Winona, most unfortunately, could not overcome her awe for her aunt, and refused to expand.

To all the questions about her Form, her companions, teachers, lessons or new experiences, she replied in monosyllables.

It was a sad pity, for Miss Beach had really hoped to win the girl's confidence and prove a temporary mother to her, but finding her advances repulsed she also shrank back into her shell, and the intimacy which might have existed between them was postponed to future years.

Young folks often fail to realize what an interest their doings may have to grown-up people, and how their bright fresh outlook on life may come as a tonic to older and wearier minds.