tion>Ruth Brown MacArthur
Heart of Gold
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664567499
Table of Contents
THE NEW PASTOR OF SOUTH AVENUE CHURCH
THE RING THAT BUILT A HOSPITAL
CHAPTER I
THE GIRL WHO TOOK A DARE
"Attention, children! Close copy books and pass them to the right. Monitors, collect."
Tired Miss Phelps laid down her crayon, with one sweep of her arm erased the letter exercises she had so laboriously traced on the blackboard for her fifty pupils to copy, wiped the clinging chalk from her dry, chapped hands, and sank wearily into her chair beside the littered desk, as she issued her commands in sharp, almost impatient tones. Her head ached fiercely, her brain seemed on fire, the subdued scratching of scores of pens in unskilled fingers set her nerves on edge, and she was ready to collapse with the strain of the day. Yet another hour remained before the afternoon session would draw to a close. How was she ever to hear the stupid geography recitation, or listen to the halting, singsong voices stumble through pages of a Reader too old for their understanding?
Again she glanced at the clock. A full hour of torture, and she was simply longing for bed! A sudden determination
