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to school. At first there was a firm "No" for an answer. But she begged so
hard to be allowed to go for only one term that she saw signs of relenting
in her mother's face. Then she ran to get the cup--and in it was nearly
nine dollars.

Where should she get the rest? Mother had none--yet she must have it.
There was only one way. She could sell Biddy, her pet hen whom she loved
so much. She would ask her brother to take her in the morning, for she
could never do it herself. So with tears in her eyes, she patted her pet
and put it into a box ready for the morning. Oh! ten dollars was such a
lot of money for a little girl to get!

It was thirty miles to the school, so she had only one day to get ready.
But she had few clothes and so it was an easy matter. She put them neatly
in a bundle and with a queer feeling underneath the little red dress, now
too short instead of too long, she started bright and early to walk the
thirty miles to school. Many times she turned to look back at the little
log cabin till it was hidden from her sight by a turn in the road. Then
somehow she felt very much alone in the world.

On and on she walked till at last, twenty miles from home, she came to the
home of an old neighbor and rested for the night. It was two in the
afternoon of the next day when she saw in the distance the large brick
building which she knew must be the school. She longed to run to it but
her feet were very sore and her body was very tired. So she trudged on
till she came to the office.

"Please, Miss, I have come to school. I can only stay one term but I came
anyway and here is the money. The missionary lady said you would do the
rest," and she handed her the precious money.

"And to whom did you write about entering?" said the lady kindly.

"To nobody. You see I didn't know I could come till Tuesday," said Janie.

"Well, I am so sorry," said the lady, "but you see we have all the girls
we can possibly take. So we can't have you this term. Perhaps you could
come next term if you leave your name now."

The whole world seemed to fall from under Janie's feet. She was here,
thirty miles from home. She had all the money--she had sold dear old
Biddy--yet she could not stay. Not a word did she answer. She just stood
and stared into space.

"I am very tired for I have walked thirty miles to get here. May I stay
just for to-night?" she asked, rolling the ten dollars carefully in her
big handkerchief.

"School doesn't