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Rachel, char the most patient listener who had ever fallen

to her lot, "would be to coht be taught, so as to lessen the glut of the market, and to

remove the workers that are forced to undersell one another, and thus

oblige the buyers to give a fairly remunerative price"

"Precisely my own views To commence an establishment that would drain

off the superfluous labour, and relieve the oppressed, raising the whole

tone of female employment"

"And this is the project you in to hope for success, if it

can only receive the patronage of so I can do!" exclai I have been longing for for years What, you would form

a sort of industrial school, where the children could be taught soht soon be al?"

"Exactly; the first establish to put a few ether"

"Every one would subscribe for such a purpose!" exclaienerous nature, Miss Curtis; but the world

would require patronesses to recommend"

"There could be no difficulty about that!" exclaimed Rachel; but at

thisto the door, and

re that she had undertaken to drive out Ered to break off the conversation, with an eager entreaty

that Mr Mauleverer would draw up an account of his plan, and bring it

to her the next day, when she would give her opinion on it, and consider

of the means