- yes - the end is not so difficult; if I had only a
brain active enough to ferret out the means of attaining it.«
    I sat up in bed by way of arousing this said brain: it was a chilly night; I
covered my shoulders with a shawl, and then I proceeded to think again with all
my might.
    »What do I want? A new place, in a new house, amongst new faces, under new
circumstances: I want this because it is of no use wanting anything better. How
do people do to get a new place? They apply to friends, I suppose: I have no
friends. There are many others who have no friends, who must look about for
themselves and be their own helpers; and what is their resource?«
    I could not tell: nothing answered me; I then ordered my brain to find a
response, and quickly. It worked and worked faster: I felt the pulses throb in
my head and temples; but for nearly an hour it worked in chaos, and no result
came of its efforts. Feverish with vain labour, I got up and took a turn in the
room; undrew the curtain, noted a star or two, shivered with cold, and again
crept to bed.
    A kind fairy, in my absence, had surely dropped the required suggestion on
my pillow; for as I lay down it came quietly and naturally to my mind: - »Those
who want situations advertise; you must advertise in the --shire Herald.«
    »How? I know nothing about advertising.«
    Replies rose smooth and prompt now: -
    »You must inclose the advertisement and the money to pay for it under a
cover directed to the Editor of the Herald; you must put it, the first
opportunity you have, into the post at Lowton; answers must be addressed to J.
E. at the post-office there: you can go and inquire in about a week after you
send your letter, if any are come, and act accordingly.«
    This scheme I went over twice, thrice; it was then digested in my mind: I
had it in a clear practical form; I felt satisfied, and fell asleep.
    With earliest day, I was up: I had my advertisement written, enclosed, and
directed before the bell rang to rouse the school; it ran thus: -
    »A young lady accustomed to tuition« (had I not been a teacher two years?)
»is desirous of meeting with a situation in a private family where the children
are under