22 GLENOWEN, OR THE

Rosa was not only satisfied but
amused. Her eagerness to acquire in-
struction made the task of learning
easy; and she was soon held up as a
pattern, even to others much older than
herself. ‘The first week she hemmed a
pocket handkerchief so neatly, that it
was shewn throughout the school; and
rapidly improving both in reading and
sewing, our little heroine soon excited
a spirit of emulation amongst the
scholars, which in a short time became
general, without the least mixture of
envy, for Rosa was beloved aby all the
school.

The prevalence of good example was
not. less observable in the apartment
allotted to the boys, and with the same
advantages ; for Charles, though dis-

tinguished