ELSTE. 1

So home she went that early New Year’s morning,
leaving sorrow, and wretchedness, and woe with the Old Year.
And she was honest and learned fast, running errands with
willing feet, or washing dishes and dusting about, till she has
become a tidy, helpful little maid, and is very proud of her
housekeeping, and of having a word of praise from the doctor.

As for the doctor’s wife, there never was such a lovely
lady, to Elsie, and she tells the shadow people so every time
she goes through the square, and the shadows bob up and down
and say, “ We knew it! we knew it!” for they are wise little
shadows and see a deal of life in the square, see and hear more
than we could ever imagine.