How her eyes shone! How her heart jumped! The very next week she would be starting for the land of her dreams.
She could see great fields of grass, with daisies and clover. Already she could see them stretching out before her.
How she got through the days before she was to start, she never knew. She was well enough now to sleep in the dormitory once more; to eat with the other children, and do some of the work.
“Now dear,” said Miss Rose, the day before she was to start, “I must leave you. I am going away, too, for a vacation, so I must say goodby today.”
Clematis looked up in surprise. She never thought that grown people wanted to go away. She did not notice how pale and tired Miss Rose was. It had been hard work for her.
“You will try to help all you can, won’t you, dear? Think every minute of what you can do to help. Then people will love you, even if you make mistakes.”
“Yes’m, I will promise.”
“You can wear the blue blouse, and you can put the white one in the box I gave you, if you are afraid of crushing it in the little bag.”
“Oh, yes’m, I don’t want to put it in the bag.”
“Well, then, goodby, and have a good time. Jerry will see that you get on the right train.”