Hurrah for the Holidays! 79

 

history, and the last dreadful sums,
and the last copy written, and the
last hard French words learnt, and
then, happiest of all, the last put-
ting away of books and cleaning
of slates! It almost makes me
take that long breath for joy even
now only to remember that happy
day. ,

“ And don’t you think I’m the
happiest of us all?” said Miss
Grant; “ I am the only one really
going home for the holidays !”

Which remark was a great
relief to my little mind, for I had
been afraid we must seem a great
deal too glad that she was going.