CHARACTERS.
| Mrs. Candor, Principal of Rosebush Institute. | |
| Patience Plunkett, the oldest of her pupils, age thirty-five. | |
| Lucy Woods, | |
| Bessie Travers, | |
| Jane Turner, | Pupils. |
| Augusta Stephens, | |
| Maria Mellish, | |
| Bridget Mahony, the cook, age fifty. | |
| Tom Candor, Mrs. Candor's nephew, a homesick youth of nineteen. | |
| Job Seedling, lad-of-all-work, age twenty. | |