“I’m sure I’ll do the best I can for you,” Mrs. Wood responded; then added, “Now, if you feel able to sit up in this big chair for a little while, I’ll shake up your bed and make it fresh. It will do you good, and you will be more likely to sleep to-night.” Salome followed her suggestion, and sat chatting for an hour or more with her kind-hearted hostess. She felt greatly refreshed by her long sleep and the appetizing meal of which she had just partaken, and was surprised to find herself so well, and that she had taken no cold from her exposure on the previous night. She retired again about ten, and slept soundly until morning, when Mrs. Wood served her a nicely broiled steak, hot biscuits, and coffee. Then the woman told her that if she would look after her children she would go out to do whatever shopping she required. Salome made out a list of what she needed, and gave her the necessary money; then she set herself to amuse the two little girls until her return. That afternoon she dressed herself in her modest suit of gray trimmed with black, which Mrs. Wood had purchased for her, and, simple as it was, she looked the lady which she always appeared, but “precious little like a common nurse,” as her hostess remarked. While looking over the evening paper, she came upon the following advertisement: WANTED—A PERSON TO ACT AS COMPANION and Nurse to a maiden lady who is something of an invalid. One who can read and speak French as well as English, preferred. Apply between the hours of ten and one, at No.—West Thirty-ninth Street. “I wonder if I could not fill that position,” Salome said to herself. “I believe I will apply for it—it could not be as hard as nursing in a hospital, and I am afraid I am not yet quite strong enough for that; I certainly should not be as conspicuous in a private family.” The next morning she told Mrs. Wood what she had decided upon, and then offered to remunerate her for the two days and nights she had been with her. But the generous-hearted woman would not take her money, telling her she was more than welcome to the little that she had done for her. “You have shown me great kindness, and I can never repay you for that, so you ought to let me give you something for my board and lodging,” Salome returned, with starting tears. “No, no, dear child, I couldn’t take your money, but if you feel that I’ve done you a good turn just pass it along when you have a chance, and that will make it all right,” was the reply of this simple-hearted Samaritan. Salome was not quite satisfied, however, to let the matter rest thus, and before she left she inclosed a generous amount in an envelope, wrote upon it, “For Elsie and Jennie,” and fastened it to the pincushion in the room she had occupied. Then bidding her new friends an affectionate good-by she went away, although Mrs. Wood charged her to come back again if she did not get the place she desired.