Stella Rosevelt — page 232: what you’re looking at

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(226 THE GOAL REACHED. As soon as it was light enough, she stole softly down stairs and out at the front door, as it was nearer, and, besides, some of the servants might be up if she went out the back way, and -turned her back forever upon the house in which she had only been ‘‘ tolerated.” When she reached the lodge, she found Mr. Rosevelt waiting for her on the vine-covered porch. He smiled a silent good-morning, motioning her not to speak, with a gesture which told her that John Mellen’s wife was not far off; and together they went out from the grounds by a side gate and proceeded toward the station. They were in time for the early morning train, and reached New York long before the household which they had left behind were aware of their flight. ‘‘We will go to some quiet street and board for a few days,” Mr. Rosevelt said, as they sat down in the waiting-room of the station to consult upon what was best to be done. ‘‘ You must_ not Jose a day of school if you can help it. I know just the place for us, I think, where there is a gocd, motherly soul of a landlady. Perhaps she will know of some rooms which we can obtain at a reasonable price until you graduate, and then, per- haps, you may not care to remain in New York.” Star assented to this plan, and they repaired to the boarding-* place which Mr. Rosevelt had mentioned, and found the ‘‘good, motherly soul” very willing to take them in, After partaking of a simple but wholesome breakfast, Star went at once to Brooklyn, and had an interview with Professor Roberts, as we already know. She told him just as little as was possible, but said that cir-- cumstances obliged her to make a change, although she had not yet decided where she should pursue her education. She was surprised at the recommendation which he gave her, for it was indeed the very best that he could put into words, ‘;comicbooks iGO