Amid the hubub the excited girl had almost forgotten the other letter;
but, as quiet was restored, she opened it, and read, with such
astonishment as no words can depict, this business-like note:--
Miss Sara Olmstead:
_Dear Madam_,--On recommendation of Professor Grandet, after
reading your letter lately published in the Twelfth Report of the M. G.
and M. Society, I am empowered by the Board of Control of Dartmoor
College to tender you a position in the Geological Department, as
assistant to Professor Macon, in charge. The duties are not heavy,--
mostly classification and correspondence,--and will only require your
attendance six hours per diem. The salary is ten dollars per week.
Please reply, stating your decision, as soon as possible, and address,
Yours truly,
J. G. ADAMS.
Sara looked up with something like awe.
"Morton," she said in a tone that almost frightened him, it was so
solemn, "the Lord is taking care of us; we needn't have any more fear
now, for we are safe with him."
I think few people sat down to a happier, though not many to a more
frugal meal than theirs that night. Sara had not then a misgiving in
regard to her fitness for the position; she was so filled with the
impression of its being heaven-sent, that she felt, as did the apostles
of old, that "words would be given her, what she should say," and wit
also, what she should do.
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