"
"How do you mean?"
"I can get Dr. Vince to help you find some better work."
"Did he say he would?" asked the child.
"No," was the reply--"but he is so good to everyone. And all the rich
people go to his church, you know. He said he wanted me to help him;
so I shall find out things like that for him to do."
And Samuel went on, pouring out his praises of the kind and gentle
clergyman, and striving to interest Sophie by his pictures of the new
world that was to open before her. "I'm going to see him again to-
morrow," he said. "Then you'll see."
"Samuel," announced the doctor when he called the next morning, "I
have found a chance for you." And Samuel's heart gave a great leap of
joy.
It appeared that the sexton of St. Matthew's was growing old. They did
not wish to change, but there must be some one to help him. The pay
would not be high; but he would have a chance to work in the church,
and to be near his benefactor. The tears of gratitude started into his
eyes as he heard this wonderful piece of news.
"I'll see more of Miss Gladys!" the voice within him was whispering
eagerly.
"Doctor," he said after a pause, "I've some good news for you also."
"What is it?" asked the other.
"It's a chance for you to help some one."
"Oh!" said the doctor.
"It's little Sophie Stedman," said Samuel; and he went on to tell how
he had met the widow, and about her long struggle with starvation, and
then of Sophie's experiences in the cotton mill.
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