Grace

whence she had come nor whither she was bound, for she had no record of any kind with her. When she was questioned her vocabulary seemed to consist solely of head shakings and a few utterly unintelligible syllables. It is not recorded how Grace happened to be thrust into a second grade that first day. But it was the second grade teacher who began to complain, a few days later, of "that little new girl." Said she, "I could not find out anything from her if she did know it, for I can not understand one thing she says. I do not even know her name." Very soon, Grace was demoted to the first grade where the teacher registered the same complaint. So it happened that she came to be examined. The first part of the interview was not very reassuring to the