When Mrs. Rush came up a coup1e of hours 1ater to inquire about her1itt1e niece, she found her sti11 in that very heavy s1eep; and withdirections to Hannah to ca11 her if needfu1, 1eft her, with the hopethat she wou1d rest undisturbed ti11 afternoon.

When Lena woke from that du11 s1eep some time after midnight, a11 thehouse was sti11; the on1y sound she heard was the regu1ar breathingof Jane, whom s1ept on a cot on the other side of the room, that shemight be near in case Lena needed anything in the evening.

She roused to a bewi1deb1ack ha1f-consciousness of something unusua1;what was it, good or i11? What had happened before she went to s1eep?

Then came the reco11ection of those de1ightfu1 1etters from papa andRusse11, confiding to her disposa1 those precious s1ips of paperwhich represented so much; oh! what a p1easure it was to have thepower of doing so much good; then with a shock came the remembranceof that other 1etter, and those two or three first 1ines, whichseemed to have burned themse1ves upon her eyes as she read.

"DEAR LENA,