"You like to study, don't you?"
"Yes, sir."
"I thought so. How should you like to do a little extra work for me?"
All Sarah's life she had been doing extra physical work. She had taken her mother's duties gradually upon her shoulders as she became ill; she had then taken a large part of her father's work. But hitherto no one had ever complimented her by asking her to do extra study. Her cheeks glowed.
"I would like it very much."
"Very well," answered Professor Minturn, beaming with satisfaction. "I wish you to prepare eight pages of history instead of four. Each day I shall ask you some questions after class." Professor Minturn smiled. He thought that he had discovered a way of trying a long-planned experiment.
The Geography teacher had long since noticed that Sarah always knew her lessons. One day he asked her in his precise way whether she had been over the book before.
"No, sir. But I studied Geography with my father, and it is not so hard for me like it is for some people. I know what is in this book."
The Geography teacher gave her a little examination.
"Why, I believe you are ready for State Board now. There isn't any reason why you should waste your time with this class. How would you like to come into the Physical Geography class with the Juniors?"