Brenda's Cousin at Radcliffe: A Story for Girls

didn't Miss Nora belong to her more than to any one else? But all the others were fond of the bright, chee

and this meant a good deal to these younger girls, who, although happy at the Mansion, remembered somet

year's lessons in a normal cooking class had fitted her

rvices; "and if you will hear me conduct one class, and then take a good, long look at my

qualities so well as to believe that she would make a good teacher

sson; while Miss South remonstrated, "Why, Nora, you always have been one of the most useful

ge if I should not do what I can. But every one should reach

the work of the world could not be carried on, and I am more

to others. With less money to spend than most of her intimate friends, she had ma

to their mother, although Mrs. Gostar was herself a most sympathetic person, and

aries carried her even into the Police Court, where she was ready, if necessary, to say a good word for some boy brought up for a petty offence. When her brothers teased her about her burglar and highwayman protégés,

ot in a mission, was yet made up of boys who were remarkably free from a sense of responsibility, and it was this sense of responsibility that Nora tried to impress upon them; and to assure them of her interest, she did all that she could for them

too glad to look up to Miss Gostar for advice and praise. Moreover, Nora gave perhaps a little less time than the others to the work at the Mansion, because she was especially interested in a Boys' Club. Some of her Sunday-school boys were in it, though a few of the club thought themselves too old for Sunday school. What Nora managed to accomplish in the course of a week was always a wonder to her friends, who with fewer home duties still seldom had time for outside work. Though her two elder brothers had gone from home, one to the West and one to New York

ther of the savory little dishes offered her by the proud cooks, said that she almost wished tha

eatly amused by the idea, and smiled and s

asked, "just so's you could eat my jelly?" And the

an exhibition of your work, and before spring I am sure y

a second year. As to Gretchen herself, she was now quite determined to be a cook when she should be older, and Julia had made plans to send her to a regular cooking school at the end of a year. Her grandfather had said that he would gladly p

Concetta's one talent for fine needlework seemed to imply that she was intended to be a seamstress, and the aim of those interested shoul

ief, one evening when Mrs. Bl

y fond of music, Inez is devoted to art, Angelina is sure that she wou

ia. But I fear that you will not have the sympathy of-yes, of your friends, unless you turn all these girls into fi

kinds of household duties than they had six months ago, and every one of them could be very useful in her own home or any other. But they are too young yet to decide

-" and so ad infinitum; and, indeed, others of Julia's friends would continue the discussion. Usually Julia turned all criticism aside with a

ather long intervals-she had a cheering word or two from Ruth, who, in spite of being on a protracted wedding tour in extremely interesting countries, evidently kept her thoughts constantly in touch with her Boston friends. "Of course I mean to be part of your experiment wh

which everything had happened just as it sho

o with it-a flying figure flung itself upon Julia, and before its arms had

ou, you look as natural as life, and not a bit as if you were weighed down b

ou dropped from, Polly Porson? Have you come North, as you used to threa

nchalant Polly blushed so exceedingly that Julia

d her ankle, it seemed, early in the autumn. "Why, I am sure I wrote you about it," she added, when Julia e

t what you wrote was in mere appreciation for his skill. Besides, I begin to remember that you told me that he was a

perfectly disagreeable at first because I had gone to College; but I've brought him r

g to give up all your plans for inde

I like. You never saw such a changed man. I just wish that you h

their College days, there was an under

an idea that I shall be able to do something of the same kind in Atlanta-in a very small way," she added hastily, "no

agement taught Julia that she had been unduly discouraged by various things outside, as well as

short notice, and though there were many gaps in the ranks, it was altogether a delightful even

sure that when the two should meet again there would be no longer a Polly Porson. "Not that your new name will not be just as becoming as the old one,

d Polly, as she