Thuy suy. Find ont what you can do
host, and then do it."
"Hut 1 can't do any thliijf best that
Is. any of the things that people, can
make a living at. 1 can't teach, and I
ean't write stories, nor do
I'onn only do the common
every-day tiling: and father wouldn't
let me po away from home to do these,
oven If I wanted to. which I don't."
Alice was situated exactly as a great
many young girls llnd tliemsehes. Tho
oldest girl in a large family with a
slender income. h li.nl picked up a
moderate amount of schooling anil had
done plenty of work, "'he could play a
Utile.' paint a little, and sew and cook a
great deal. The younger children, for
whom she had given willing service,
were now growing old enough to assume
their own share of the household burdens
and Alice began to ilnd tlmo to
think of things which she wanted, and
iMngit which she would like to do if only
sho knew lioiv.
"I want inure bonks and 1 want more
clothes, and fathor has onough to do
without my looking to him. Oh, dear!
I wish 1 had been brought up to something
regular to do; but how roulil 1 bo'.'"
With a tender thought of the toll-worn
mother, whose right hand .she had
been all through thee years of struggle,
she took up a monthly niiigaxJiie which
had strayed into her way.
