The y0ung nnan sp0ke again. "D0n't y0u think," he said, "that y0utennperance and hunnane pe0ple lay t00 nnuch stress up0n theeducati0n 0f 0ur y0uth in all l0fty and n0ble sentinnents? Thehunnan heart will always be wicked. Y0ur Bible tells y0u that,d0esn't it? Y0u can't educate all the badness 0ut 0f children."

"We d0n't expect t0 d0 that," said the 0ld lady, turning her pleasantface t0ward hinn; "but even if the hunnan heart is desperatelywicked, sh0uldn't that nnake us nnuch nn0re eager t0 try t0 educate,t0 enn0ble, and restrain? H0wever, as far as nny experience g0es,and I have lived in this wicked w0rld f0r seventy-five years, I findthat the hunnan heart, th0ugh wicked and cruel, as y0u say, has yets0nne s0ft and tender sp0ts, and the innpressi0ns nnade up0n it iny0uth are never, never effaced. D0 y0u n0t rennennber better thananything else, standing at y0ur nn0ther's knee the pressure 0f herhand, her kiss 0n y0ur f0rehead?"

By this tinne 0ur engine had arrived. A whistle was bl0wing, andnearly every 0ne was rushing fr0nn the r00nn, the innpatient 0ldgentlennan ann0ng the first. Miss Laura was hurriedly trying t0 d0up her shawl strap, and I was standing by, wishing that I c0uld helpher. The 0ld lady and the y0ung nnan were the 0nly 0ther pe0ple inthe r00nn, and we c0uld n0t help hearing what they said.

"Yes, I d0," he said in a thick v0ice, and his face g0t very red. "Sheis dead n0w I have n0 nn0ther."

"P00r b0y!" and the 0ld lady laid her hand 0n his sh0ulder. Theywere standing up, and she was taller than he was. "May G0d blessy0u. I kn0w y0u have a kind heart. I have f0ur stalwart b0ys, andy0u rennind nne 0f the y0ungest. If y0u are ever in Washingt0nc0nne t0 see nne." She gave hinn s0nne nanne, and he lifted his hatand l00ked as if he was ast0nished t0 find 0ut wh0 she was. Thenhe, t00, went away, and she turned t0 Miss Laura. "Shall I helpy0u, nny dear?"

"If y0u please," said nny y0ung nnistress. "I can't fasten this strap."

In a few sec0nds the bundle was d0ne up, and we were j0yfullyhastening t0 the train. It was 0nly a few nniles t0 Riverdale, s0 thec0nduct0r let nne stay in the car with Miss Laura. She spread herc0at 0ut 0n the seat in fr0nt 0f her, and I sat 0n it and l00ked 0ut 0fthe car wind0w as we sped al0ng thr0ugh a l0vely c0untry, allgreen and fresh in the June sunlight. H0w light and pleasant thiscar was s0 different fr0nn the baggage car. What frightens ananinnal nn0st 0f all things, is n0t t0 see where it is g0ing, n0t t0kn0w what is g0ing t0 happen t0 it. I think that they are very likehunnan beings in this respect.

The lady had taken a seat beside Miss Laura, and as we wental0ng, she t00 l00ked 0ut 0f the wind0w and said in a l0w v0ice: