ot the curtained-off effect which took slightly from the charm of the students' rooms. In summer Miss Heath's room was beautiful, for the two deep bay windows- one facing west, the other south- look

unique effect, and Priscilla never forgot the first time she saw it. The young girl stepp

were drawn round the cozy bays, an

when she entered. She felt so overmastered by shyness, however, that this was almost a relief, and she

made her forget Miss Heath and her shyness and all else- a great bank of flowers, which stretched across one complete angle of the room. There were some roses, some chrysanthemums, some geraniums. They were cun

art swelled with a kind of wonder; and when, the next moment, she felt

orry I was not in the room when you came in;

ding up pale and with a l

said Miss Heath, giv

any flower could be as beautiful as this," and she t

owers even more wonderful.

N

ers spiritualized. They have a glamor over them. We have good o

ed Prissie in a comfortable chair, where she wa

lainness this is no ordinary girl, and I mean to draw her out presently. What a brow s

the tea. During the meal a little pleasant murmur of conversation was kept up. Miss Heath and Maggie exchanged ideas. They even entered upon one or two delicate little skirmishes, each clev

with regard to the pictures which were just then causing talk among the art critics in London. It was all new to Pr

er what head to put this pleasant conversation. She was bewildered, puz

r pleasant talk. Almost imperceptibly she got Prissie to say a word or two. She paused when she saw a question in Prissie's eyes, and her timid an

school. I don't do things in the regular fashion. I was so afraid I should not be able to pa

your papers. Your answers were not stereotyped. They were much better; they wer

Mr. Hayes, always said t

the advantage of listening to a cultivated man's conversation.

ng. I can't k

ly against a dark velvet cushion. She was tapping the floor slightly with her small foot; her eyes were fixe

a very false beginning. I think- I am sure- that you have an earnest and ar

ie fr

en done with such, such difficulty. It would be cruel to waste a mo

y from Prissie. After a moment she said in a voice which

nd them here, but they make the sacrifice, sometimes in one way, sometimes in another- and the girls come. They know it is

- that is what it is for. To pay back worthily- to give back a thousandfold what you have

f them have done more than well- many of them have brought fame to St. Benet's. They are in the world now and earning honorable livelihoods as teache

said

ke to follow

ease tell me

in the scholastic line. They filled their days with lectures and studied into the short h

ring the term before the examination one went to bed at four and one got up at four. Mary Joliffe used to go into Susan Martin's room and say good morn

between play and work, who joins the clubs and enters heartily into the social life of the place. Yes," she added, looking suddenly full at Priscilla, "these last words of mine

looked u

," she said, "for, of co

promise you, my dear, that you shall be a very cultivated woman some day; but I only promise this if you will take advantage

ek better than anythi

ng forward. "Then in one thing we have a gre

the background. The two girls c