I WANT something to do."—This remark being addressed to the world in general, no one in particular felt it his duty to reply; so I repeated it to the smaller world about me, received the following suggestions, and settled the matter by answering my own inquiry, as people are apt to do when very much in earnest.
"Write a book," quoth my father.
"Don't know enough, sir. First live, then write."
"Try teaching again," suggested my mother.
"No, thank you, ma'am; ten years of that is enough."
"Take a husband like my Darby, and fulfil your mission," said Sister Jane, home on a visit.
"Can't afford expensive luxuries, Mrs. Coobiddy."
"Turn actress, and immortalize your name," said Sister Vashti, striking an attitude.
"I won't."
"Go nurse the soldiers," said my young neighbor, Tom, panting for "the tented field."