The first morning after their arrival Sara woke early, wooed from her
light slumbers by a charming bird-matinee in the shrubbery without, and
gazed contentedly about her.
It was such a pretty bower. Clean India matting on the floor, and airy
cane furniture, dressed up in pink and blue ribbons, scattered about;
through the sheer muslin hangings at the windows the early sunshine
glinted between the closed shutters, and danced in bars of light upon
the delicately-tinted walls.
She nestled her head into the soft pillow with a sigh of intense
satisfaction.
"One whole summer of luxury!" she mused. "Is it possible? How
wonderfully good our Father has been to us! Friends, comfort, and a
beautiful home," and with these serene thoughts, mingling with the
Pareppian carols without, she again dropped into her "beauty sleep."
Nor did this content vanish with her second waking, but seemed to grow
with every passing day; for, as once all things seemed going against
them, now all were in their favor. Morton, who had for some time given
desultory help in the college laboratory, was offered a permanent
position there at a modest salary for next year, with limited hours, so
that he might still keep on with recitations in school; and meanwhile
was to act as clerk in a drug-store until the opening in September.
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