I reckon, though, that the customs are different in the North.

Then you won't take me with you, and go back by way of our grove, and--" And just then Elder Thorndyke came in, and we wished that Mrs.Thorndyke would come to tell what I should bring from Dubuque.

He told me in the meantime, about his plans for building a church, and how he was teaching Virginia, so that she could be a teacher herself when she was old enough.
"We'll be filling this country with schools, soon," he said, "and they'll want nice teachers like Virginia." "Won't that be fine ?" asked Virginia.

"I just love children.

I play with dolls now--a little.