“Yes, Mrs. Pangborn, this is trouble. I fear I shall have to leave Glenwood.”
“Leave Glenwood!” exclaimed Mrs. Pangborn. “Why?”
Then Dorothy told what she could of the tangled affair. Told how the Major had written that it was now a serious financial question, but for her to keep up her courage.
DOROTHY TOOK THE PAPER WITH TREMBLING HANDS.
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“It cannot be possible that my old friend Major Dale would do anything unwise,” said the teacher. “You must have patience child, and not think of such a thing as leaving school. Why, you are just getting to be one of our best pupils.”
In spite of herself Dorothy’s eyes filled.
“Yes, and I love it here, but I feel it is my duty to be ready to help father, and I have no idea what I should be able to do in business,” she replied.
“Go to business! Your Aunt Winnie would never allow it,” declared the other.
“But Aunt Winnie has had a great deal to do lately. She has had to make a long trip abroad, and then the boys have not finished college yet. I would insist upon doing my part,” answered the girl very seriously.