CHAPTER V.
GOING TO SCHOOL.
PRING came at last; and then what delight Ella felt in being allowed to run out of doors, and play on the new, fresh grass with the pussy Mrs. Miles had given her!
Johnny was still in the factory; and Mrs. Talbot worked away at the hose, making a very comfortable living. She could smile now at Ella's cunning ways, and laugh with Johnny at the news he brought from the mill, after his day's work was done.
He was in Mrs. Miles's class in Sabbath school,—her best scholar, she said. He had won a prize already for obtaining two new scholars; and what do you think it was? Why, a new Bible with clasps; and very proud he was of it, too. Every Sabbath he learned his verses in it,—putting in the red ribbon-mark with great care.
In the evening, Johnny read to his mother while she sewed, and now he was learning to write.
Mrs. Talbot made a copy on the slate, and he wrote underneath, trying to make every line better than the last.
One day he came running home from his work, his face looking very bright and happy.