Henceforth I was to trust to my own resources. I was no longer
the "little sister" who could ask what to do, and do as she was
told. It often brought me a feeling of dismay to find that I must
make up my own mind about things small and great. And yet I was
naturally self-reliant. I am not sure but self-reliance and
dependence really belong together. They do seem to meet in the
same character, like other extremes.
The health of Emilie's husband failing, after a year or two, it
was evident that be must change his employment and his residence.
He decided to go with his brother to Illinois and settle upon a
prairie farm. Of course his wife and baby boy must go too, and
with the announcement of this decision came an invitation to me
to accompany them. I had no difficulty as to my response. It was
just what I wanted to do. I was to teach a district school; but
what there was beyond that, I could not guess. I liked to feel
that it was all as vague as the unexplored regions to which I was
going.
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