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of helping one who is striving to better her condi- 
tion fully repays for a little inconvenience.” 
“ You had her a year,” said Mrs. Cotton, “ so you 
did better than most people do, after all. These 
girls are always on the move.” 
“ It’s because most people look upon them as a 
mere convenience,” said mistress, “ instead of as 
fellow-beings with longings for happiness and ad- 
vancement like ourselves. Let housewives set be- 
fore their help a higher ideal and they will set in 
motion within them forces which will root out the 
ever-present longing for shifting about from place 
to place.” 
Mrs. Cotton acted as if she did not quite agree 
with what mistress said. She looked at her watch 
and said it was time for her to go ; but before 
leaving she came over to the bookcase where I had 
been sitting and gave me a few gentle strokes. 
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