8 BERTHA'S NEW HOME.





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 DLENMILL FARM.

very tired, she was put to bed whenever she had
got some nice milk and bread for supper. She
slept very soundly; but was wakened early in the
morning by the birds, who chirped and sung in
the great trees close to the house. Though she
had been told Martha would come to dress her, she
was so anxious to have a peep at the birds, that
she jumped out of bed at once, and ran to the
window. Everything around her was so very
different from what she had been accustomed to
in India or on shipboard, that she hastened to
dress herself to get out of doors. She quite
startled Mrs. Bevan by appearing so early.
 And how have you slept, hinny?" said nurse,