ere was so much reason for her
half sister's words. The Doctor certainly did look like marriage and
Mrs. Lehntman acted very queer.

Poor Anna. Dark were these days and much she had to suffer.

The Doctor's trouble came to a head the first. It was true Doctor was
engaged and to be married soon. He told Anna so himself.

What was the good Anna now to do? Dr. Shonjen wanted her of course to
stay. Anna was so sad with all these troubles. She knew here in the
Doctor's house it would be bad when he was married, but she had not
the strength now to be firm and go away. She said at last that she
would try and stay.

Doctor got married now very soon. Anna made the house all beautiful
and clean and she really hoped that she might stay. But this was not
for long.

Mrs. Shonjen was a proud, unpleasant woman. She wanted constant
service and attention and never even a thank you to a servant. Soon
all Doctor's old people went away. Anna went to Doctor and explained.
She told him what all the servants thought of his new wife. Anna bade
him a sad farewell and went away.

Anna was now most uncertain what to do. She could go to Curden to her
Miss Mary Wadsmith who always wrote how much she needed Anna, but Anna
still dreaded Miss Jane's interfering ways. Then too, she could not
yet go away from Bridgepoint and from Mrs. Lehntman, unpleasant as it
always was now over there.

Through one of Doctor's friends Anna heard of Miss Mathilda. Anna was
very doubtful about working for a Miss Mathilda. She did not think it
would be good working for a woman anymore. She had found it very good
with Miss Mary but she did not think that many women would be so.

Most women were interfering in their ways.

Anna heard that Miss Mathilda was a great big woman, not so big
perhaps as her Miss Mary, still she was big, and the good Anna liked
them better so. She did not like them thin and small and active and
always looking in and always prying.

Anna could not make up her mind what was the best thing now for her
to do. She could sew and this way make a living, but she did not like
such business very well.

Mrs. Lehntman urged the place with Miss Mathilda. She was sure Anna
would find it better so. The good Anna did not know.

"Well Anna," Mrs. Lehntman said, "I tell you what we do. I go with you
to that woman that tells fortunes, perhaps she tell us something that
will show us what is the best way for you now to do."

It was very bad to go to a