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Show 151 to return this- great favor and all the many kindnesses I have 15 received from dearly loved friends." By what means did Lizzie earn this money she sent to Ellis? According to her daughter, she made wax fruit and flowers and worked with the dressmaking models. Busy with her studies, Ellis barely has time to note her thirtieth birthday. A letter from Lizzie reveals that the two older boys have gone elsewhere to live for awhile: Bard to the south with his Uncle James, and Richie to Battle Creek (Pleasant Grove). Her anxieties for them are somewhat allayed when Milford writes "kind and encouraging letters" and counsels her not to be "uneasy" about her children. Bard is soon to be ten years old. Early in March, Ellis begins reviewing for winter finals. By March 12 her exams are successfully completed. This, in part, is her account: Not only have I been enabled to pass in the three branches: Anatomy, Physiology and Chemistry, but I have succeeded in gaining the esteem of my Professors for my energy and perseverance, and my answers were so satisfactory as to deserve high numbers from each. How very gratifying this is, but to my Father I give the honor to whom all honor is due. Now by His continued blessing I will be able to complete my studies in another year, and be ready to return to my loved ones, prepared for a life of usefulness among the Saints of God. Dear loved ones at home-for your sakes more than my own do I rejoice this night. Oh, may our faith and trust ever remain firm unto the end, and may we so live that we can acknowledge the hand of the Lord in aV[_ things.17 With one week of the spring term gone, Ellis pauses to ponder whether she can endure the separation from her family for the year that remains. |