I didn't like to hear Ella sing with your brother, when she must have known he meant to annoy me." "That certainly was wrong," returned Jenny; "but Ella isn't so much to blame as Henry, who seems to have acquired a great influence over her during the few weeks he has been at home.

You know she is easily flattered, and I dare say Henry has fully gratified her vanity in that respect, for he says she is the only decent-looking girl in Chicopee.
But see, there comes Mrs.Mason, I guess she wonders what is keeping you so long." The moment Mrs.Mason entered the school-room, Jenny commenced talking about Mount Holyoke, her tongue running so fast, that it entirely prevented any one else from speaking, until she stopped for a moment to take breath.

Then Mrs.Mason very quietly remarked, that if Mary wished to go to Mount Holyoke she could do so.

Mary looked up inquiringly, wondering what mine had opened so suddenly at her feet; but she received no explanation until Jenny had bidden her good-bye, and gone.

Then she learned that Mrs.Mason had just received $100 from a man in Boston, who had years before owed it to her husband, and was unable to pay it sooner.