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You are the only girl in the school whose friendship I care twopence about." "What!" said Florence, trembling slightly and looking full into Bertha's face, "do you think more about me than you do of Kitty Sharston?" The pupil teacher gave a slight shrug of her shoulders.
There they met Colonel Sharston, and Florence had the great bliss of seeing Kitty's intense happiness with her father. They stayed at a hotel at Southampton for the best part of a week, and then the three went to London. Kitty and her father were going to Switzerland for a month's holiday. They begged of Florence to go with them, but nothing would induce her to accept the invitation.
Lewis walked on Shore & Killed a Deer, pass a bad part of the river, on the S. S. the rocks projected into the river Some distance, a Creek above Called Sharston Carta, in the evening we Passed thro betwen two Sand bars at the head we had to raise the Boat 8 Inches together over, Camped near the lower point of an Island on the L. Side, party in high Spirrits.
It would be very nice, they all thought, to win the Scholarship there was no girl at Cherry Court School who would not feel proud to get so great a prize but they also knew that what would be merely nice for them was life or death for poor Kitty Sharston, and yet nothing had been told them; they only surmised that there was a wish in Mrs. Clavering's breast that Kitty should be the lucky girl.
There was a dead silence. Mary Bateman looked at Florence Kitty also looked at her. They felt sure she had written the splendid essay, and they wondered at her silence. She remained quite still for a moment. "Miss Bateman, is this your essay?" said Sir John, holding up the paper to Mary. Mary shook her head and fell back. "Catherine Sharston, is this yours?" again said Sir John.
"Major Sharston has lost a lot of money, and is obliged to take an appointment in India, and he cannot afford to leave poor Kitty at the school longer than till the end of term. I intend to have her as my guest during the holidays, but afterwards she must go to an old cousin in Scotland, and the poor child has little chance of ever being very well educated. She is very much shaken by the blow."
"It's not for you, Bertha," said Dolly, "and don't you interrupt. It's for it's for Kitty Sharston." "For me?" cried Kitty. "Oh, what a love you are, Dolly; come and sit on my lap. Is it a box of bon-bons or is it a letter?" "Guess again," said Dolly, clapping her hand to her little mouth, and looking intensely mysterious.
She dropped a curtsey when she saw Florence, but Florence ran up and wrung her hand. "How do you do, Sukey?" she said. "I am very glad to come home, and this is my great friend Miss Sharston." Sukey stared up at Kitty; then she glanced at Mrs. Aylmer and slowly shook her head. "It's a very, very small house," she said, "and how we are to fit you two young ladies in is more than I can tell."
But most of the guests scarcely looked at Florence, for their eyes were attracted by the sweet expression, the inimitable grace of Kitty Sharston.
Now, why should not we on this occasion offer a prize which Kitty Sharston runs a chance of winning, and which would save her from leaving Cherry Court School?" Mrs. Clavering shook her head. Sir John bent forward and began to speak eagerly. "Now, come," he said, "I think I can manage it. Could it not be done in this way?" He spoke in a low tone, and Mrs. Clavering bent her head to listen.
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