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SE THAT GIRL OF JOHNSON'S. He worked his way to New York, now at this thing, now at that; walking whenever he could not ride; sleeping in sheds or barns; helping the farmers when he could, get- ting a lift in some huckster’s cart or with some good- natured farmer. His life isa marvel to me, and Dora is never tired of listening to him when he tells of his life. He isarich man now with his word as good as his bond; my girl is proud of her father, as well she may be. “As to his brother, he has not forgotten him, but he lost trace of him; he leads a busy life with little time for hunting anybody’s brother. Long ago, when he began to succeed, he wrote to his brother offering to help him along if he cared to join him, but the letter was returned un- opened. His brother could neither read nor write, and had no correspondence, and therefore had never called for the letter, or else was dead. Dora’s father gota good, solid education in his contact with the world. ‘As to Dora, she has had all the teachers and masters necessary to an excellent education; she is an exquisite musician; her touch on the piano is like magic, and her voice is soft aud sweet, bnt she does not sing now. Her singing used to be her father’s delight.” A shadow fell over the face of the nurse, and she was silent for a moment, looking into the fire with a far away expression on her face. The bedroom door opened noiselessly, and she turned calmly in answer to Dr. Dunwiddie’s summons, every trace of emotion gone. She left the room for a few minutes, and when she returned her vioce and manner were quiet, as usual. “Dora draws and paints very well,” she said, resuming her seat and her story; “she teaches several children from the mission school. She says she wishes to fit them to earn their own living in an honorable way. She hasa sewing class, too, and gives free music lessons to some poor children. None of her time is idled; she has her father’s ambitious spirit, and her life is full of work in Eomicbooks.co