EDITH, THE YOUNG TEACHER. 19

children did not know a single letter;
besides which, they needed to be told
the same thing again and again; it
seemed so very hard for them to learn.
But Edith was kind and patient, and
she did not grow tired. She felt that
it was pleasant to be useful, though
in ever so small a degree; and she
hoped that, .af a teacher should be
wanted another day, some one would
think of asking leave for her to come.
When Mrs. Austen and her daugh-
ter walked home from the house of
prayer, Eidith told her what had taken
place. She was glad to hear her
daughter speak with delight of her
new employment, and gave a willing
consent that she should go again in
the afternoon. Edith felt herself quite
a person of importance as she ran up
stairs to get ready; and though aunt