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 "How? I know nothing about advertising."

Replies rose smooth and prompt now:-

"You must enclose 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 e，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 fourteen" (I thought that as I was barely eighteen，it would not do to undertake the guidance of pupils nearer my own age). "She is qualified to teach the usual branches of a good English education，together with French，Drawing，and Music" (in those days，reader，this now narrow catalogue of acplishments，would have been held tolerably prehensive).