OR, LIVES THAT TELL. BY MARGARET E. HAYES, AUTHOR OF "MINISTRY OF HELPS." "Whom seek ye, sister women fair and queenly, "Whom seek ye in the ebbing and the flowing FLORENCE ARMSTRONG, The King in His Beauty. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE TRACT COMMITTEE. LONDON: SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE; 43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET; 48, PICCADILLY; AND 135, NORTH STREET, BRIGHTON. M PART I. CHAPTER I. THE CLERK'S DAUGHTER. ISS JEAN wants me to tell the story of my life. Now, it's not likely an old woman like me can write wellnot like those who are brought up to it; and so I told her. But Miss Jean, or, I should say, Mrs. Gilchrist (though Miss Jean she'll always be to me), came to me in her own sweet way, and says "Nursey dear, you won't have so much to do taking care of me now, so I want you to do something for me instead. Will you, do you think?" "Will I? Dear heart, it would be a hard thing I wouldn't do for you-and just now, too, when you're going away." And at that the tears came to my eyes, for it was a sad time for me. "Well, then," says she, "you've so often told me B |