agency and asked to see mr happened to be out at the time and the then requested to see miss he was shown into the parlor and soon she came toward him groping her way after the manner of the blind miss he said rising mr i am glad to welcome you here again please be seated her voice was unsteady and his hardly less so as he proceeded you were kind enough to send some money this morning for the use of our committee � a trifle she interrupted which they have directed me to return to you was a woman and the result was a great disappointment to her she found the tears down her cheeks much to her before this young stranger here is your gift and also mr s which you will permit me to leave with you he went on as well as he could you will spare me i trust giving the reasons that have us in our decision these are times when ordinary rules cannot be considered she was quite crushed but managed to that she was sure he and his friends had done what they thought right � that she had meant to do them a kindness and that they would continue to receive her deep speaking of sympathy which they could not reject then he bade her a kind good evening when came home she told him and he was not on the whole greatly surprised listened with wide open eyes when he heard of it but said nothing chapter xiii ik an armed camp awoke in her little chamber in the tion lodging house at and saw the sun peeping in at the east window miss her room mate was still wrapped in slumber and her honest irish face lay with the rosy hue of youth and health upon it on the coarse pillow it was the morning when this particular building must be according to a notice on the door you will render up the said premises before twelve o clock at noon under the usual and after that what after the meagre furniture and the girls trunks containing their clothing and the girls themselves had been placed in the public street � what then pondered a good deal over this but she felt no uneasiness would not be there to direct everything she had the fullest confidence in the ability of the to bring them out all right in the end there was a slight tap at the entrance a of small feet in that direction a whispered who is it and an answer that satisfied her the french in an armed opened the door and found the object of her thoughts on the threshold glanced in and saw that miss was still asleep then she bade throw a shawl over her head and accompany her across the entry to her own rooms was fully dressed and bore no special mark of the great responsibility that had been thrown upon her shoulders other than a deepening of the earnest look ia her dark eyes the french girl seated herself upon the bed and for greater comfort drew the outer over her bare feet she knew that had not called her without having a reason and waited with becoming patience to have it made known by noon more than a hundred families in will be began the authorities have not yet given us permission to occupy the public buildings but i have no doubt they will do so when the emergency is actually upon them i want you to keep within call all day ready to execute my orders with all possible i have selected you out of all the girls here because i have such perfect confidence in your judgment and integrity could not have defined all of the words that used but she knew she was receiving that she was far from deserving and the tears filled her eyes i will do whatever you tell me she said earnestly � i have not always been a good girl but you may trust me to be true to you only it seems as if i could do very little there is a man proceeded quietly who will allow us to store things in his sheds until something better offers his name is and his will come lor the goods as soon as we are ready for him but if i f of we sleep to night in the town buildings or out of we shall need such things as and i will give you a quantity of to mark such articles with their owners names so they will not get lost in the crush if we find that we are short of these comforts when night comes those of us who are young and strong will lend ours to the weaker ones assented and some of the men whom he has selected will see to the but the women must do most of the cooking certain kitchen will therefore have to be reserved and these must also be marked all who are keeping house have agreed to give to the committee whatever is left in their for the general use what money we have we shall make last as long as we can when it is gone the town must aid us it cannot let us starve after further conversation in which more minute par were given went back to her own room to dress miss had already arisen and was engaged in packing her things for removal proceeded to do the same and the two girls discussed the situation as they worked neither of them knew what to think of the prospect but both had complete confidence in their leader the ship on which they were about to had to them but one word on her � by noon the last articles in the houses that were to be that day had been taken out of doors 