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should be separated. It will be remembered that in 

 the lessons which she gave at St. James's Back Miss 

 Carpenter had found that it was pleasanter to teach 

 boys than it was to teach girls. Others had arrived 

 at the same opinion. The boys could be managed 

 there were gentlemen willing to devote time and 

 attention to them. Little by little they were 

 beginning to get into better order; the encourage- 

 ments, too, with regard to them were great. 



But the condition of the girls was less promising. 

 They made progress, it is true, but " not so much as 

 the boys." Their kind friend mourned over them. 

 On one occasion she said : " The evil I find out in 

 these poor girls only makes me love them more 

 desperately." At another time : " I shudder with 

 indignation and intense compassion when I look at 

 our young girls, and behold the fearful condition to 

 which their passions have been brought by ill-treat- 

 ment." 



Still something must be done for them, so it was 

 determined that they should be removed from Kings- 

 wood and provided for elsewhere. At one time Miss 

 Carpenter entertained the idea of taking them into 

 her own home, but her friends very naturally were 

 afraid of the additional work and anxiety for her, and 

 did what they could to dissuade her from it. She 

 yielded to their wishes, but she did not give up the 

 resolution to devote herself to the girls. 



While Miss Carpenter was considering how the 



