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Updated: May 23, 2025
So the first year went, and the second and third were a repetition; but the fourth was different, for that was the close of the course, ending with graduation and all its attendant ceremonies and expenses. To Elnora these appeared mountain high.
I didn't expect her so soon," whispered the girl as she turned and went toward her mother. Mrs. Comstock's expression was peculiar as she looked at Elnora. "I forgot that you were making sun-preserves and they didn't require much cooking," she said. "We should have waited for you." "Not at all!" answered Mrs. Comstock. "Have you found anything yet?" "Nothing that I can show you," said Elnora.
How long she sat there Elnora did not know or care. She simply suffered in dumb, abject misery, an occasional dry sob shaking her. Aunt Margaret was right. Elnora felt that morning that her mother never would be any different. The girl had reached the place where she realized that she could endure it no longer. As Elnora left the room, Mrs. Comstock took one step after her.
Walk almost three miles and no food from six in the morning until six at night. A pretty figure you'd cut if you had your way! And after I've gone and bought you this nice new pail and filled it especial to start on!" Elnora came back with a face still whiter and picked up the lunch. "Thank you, mother! Good-bye!" she said. Mrs. Comstock did not reply.
"I came solely for that," said Edith Carr. "It would be a pity to travel so far in this dust and heat for nothing. I'll only be gone a second." Elnora placed the pitcher before her mother. "Please serve this," she said. "Miss Carr wishes to speak with me." "Don't you pay the least attention to anything she says," cried Polly. "Tom and I didn't come here because we wanted to.
"Yes; and you'll get something on you to-night, so that you can lead your class, as you have done for four years. Go to my room and take off that gingham, quickly. Anna, drop everything, and come help me." The Bird Woman ran to the telephone and called Ellen Brownlee. "Elnora has had an accident. She will be a little late," she said. "You have got to make them wait.
She did not know how far she went or how long she stayed, but everything was still, save an occasional raised voice when she wandered back. She stood looking at the building. Slowly she entered the wide gates and followed up the walk. Elnora had been coming here for almost four years. When Mrs. Comstock reached the door she looked inside.
If Elnora truly felt that she could not decide until Edith Carr was convinced, then Edith Carr would have to yield or triumph. It rested with Philip. So Mrs. Comstock kept silent, while Philip took the night limited, a bitterly disappointed man. By noon the next day he was in his father's offices.
"Not all of them," answered Elnora. "Before Mr. Duncan moved away he often saw me near the edge of the swamp and he showed me the box he had fixed for Freckles, and gave me the key. There were some books and things, so from that time on I studied and tried to take moths right, but I am afraid they are not what you want."
Elnora picked up the hat dubiously. "Mother, may I wear my hair as it is now?" she asked. "Let me take a good look," said Katharine Comstock. Heaven only knows what she saw.
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