a few minutes, each busy with her own

e we go and call

ions of dismay, or it might have

n't mea

hink of it, why should he not be? What have we ever done to help his work; and how much we may have done to hinder it! I never realized how much, until this present mome

rformance, as it is to be! What do you mean by admitting it?" It was

d out for such work? I tell you, girls, I am angry. I suppose I ought to be grateful, for my eyes have certainly been op

l in the least like it

irely evident to me that I don't belong where I did. I have discovered that a great many things about me are changed. I feel that I shall not assimilate well. Let me get in where I can ha

class. Her heart had been with it all the week. If there was a hope that she might be permitted to try it

want to go this evening, as well

d in two minutes more we shall have rung his bell; then that will settle the questi

e? I take it that you don't want me to make this call with you. My sister has been remarkably bewildering in her remarks, but I

with her usual frankness. "No, Nell, we do

t try it; but I doubt her father's permitting such a tremendous action: so, reall

e kind; it won't do for us to go home alone. I see what we can do, Nell. You go to father's office, and wait just a little while; if we are not there i

rve to the best of his knowledge and ability, made a careful minute of the present time, in order to be exact at the half hour, and as they laugh

llow!" said Eurie, lo

ecial aversion to this young man; possibly it might have been because he treated

f confusion on the shelves and table, and at the same time find a favorite volume she was reading. The doctor

king for those young ladies, who seem, since their unfortunate freak of attending that Chautauqua meeting, to have banded themselves together, I can hardly imagine why; they are certainl

speak; there was an eager sentence glowing on

ire to lead astray. I can hardly think so meanly of them as that, either. I do not say that such was their motive, but simply that I do not understand it, and am afraid of it; and I desire you to have just as little to do with any of them as ordinary civility will admit. Hitherto I have thought of Ruth Erskine as simply a leader of fashion, and of Flossy Shipley as the

ak, but the pealing of the

questioned, as that personage

ies, Dr. Dennis, and

rose to

of them, Hannah?"

who teaches, and I think another is Dr. Mit

r your assistance in the tableaux, and I have not the least desire to be considered a household tyrant, or to have them suppose th

't any opinions on this subject. The most that I can say is, that you don't wish

ou can play the part of a dutiful daughter. While you are so young, and while I am here to

very much embarrassed. As for Eurie, she began to feel that distressing sense of the ludicrous creeping over her, and so was horribly afraid t

them, decided to lead the conversation himself, and

asked. And while he addressed his question to

r was prompt a

was pledged; and I believe she was entirely dissatisfied with

t, saying, "Is it possible that there can be an entertainment of so

ual sensitiveness. The effect was to rouse her still further, to put to flight every

n fact, we do not belong anywhere. Our views and feelings have greatly changed within a short time. We want to make a corresponding change in our associations; at least, so far as is desirable. Our

g? He looked at his callers in an astonished and embarrassed way for a moment, as if uncer

and the preparation necessary. You know, as a church, we hold that something more than a desire to change one's soci

anation. She flushed, and commenced a stammering sentence

was unprecedented, lost all self-control, and

. As for Dr. Dennis, he was very much at his wits' end, and Ruth's

ans that we love Jesus, and we believe he has forgiven us and called us by name. We mean we want to be his

o have not only an admiration, but an unfeigned respect for Flossy Shipley. But you should have seen Dr. Dennis' face. It is a pity Eurie could not have seen it at that moment; if she had not had hers

etic. I feel very much as I fancy poor doubting Thomas must have done. Forgive me; I am so astonished, and so glad that I don't know how to express the

y with Eurie's tears. She looked down now, tearful herself, a

nnis, can be summed up

little start; an

ou were converted d

on s

e," she said; "at least, I do not. But we do know this, that we met the Lord Jesus the

at after a hundred years of

tude and joy. And you are coming into the church, and are ready t

ted! What a blessed talk they had! So many questions about Chautauqua, so much to tell that delighted him. They

went on, until Marion, with a sudden recollection of Nellis Mitchell, and their appoi

been here an hou

, rising at once. "Father w

nis ros

ur theme was a fascinating one. Will you wait a mo

hat Nellis Mitchell occupied an easy-ch

id, coming toward them as they emerged. "Please give

his sister on one arm, and Flos

arsonage? Miss Flossy, my sister has hitherto made yearly calls of two sec

nt from what they have hitherto been,"

gin to p

alf way up the stairs, having said good-night,

h," said

as she we

ferently about some things from what he us