"It isn't home, and it never could be; in fact, I don't want it to." "Oh, come now, Kitty dear, don't talk like that; call up your courage, and make the best of things.

It is only for a time, only for a little time," said wily Miss Hammond; "but however short it is, it is always better to try and make it a pleasant time to look back upon.

Think of that, Kitty; always when you are hesitating and feel tempted to be disagreeable, or to make things disagreeable, think of the future, and what the present will be like to look back upon." Kitty was impressed.

She looked up with a brighter, more interested face.
"Have you a mother and father ?" "Mother is dead," said Kitty softly.
"Poor child," said Miss Hammond, laying her cool fingers against Kitty's hot cheek.

"For your father's sake then, dear, try to be as brave and cheerful as you can.