The Mystery of Mary

a pair of willing, if unskilled, hands. To her surprise, she discovered that the work for which she had so often lightly given orders was beyond her strength. Try

much less to that of her new mistress. That these tasks were expected of her was a surprise. Yet with her ready adaptability and her strong good sense, she saw that if she was to be a success in this new field she had chosen, she must be ready for any emergency. Nevertheles

ing several, she learned to demand certain things, which put her finally into a home where her

her. But night after night, as she climbed to her cheerless room and crept to her scantily-covered, uncomfortable couch, she shrank fr

hat any day an ene

in some ways her work was not so hard as it had been in other places, and her wages were better; but from day to day she felt she could scarcely bear the hourly annoyances. The other servants, to

end, and had begged her to let him know if she ever needed help. Her hungry heart cried out for sympathy and counsel. In her dreams