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on ae | 100 fs BEAUTIFUL BUT POOR. be very inconvenient to be poor; but surely in a erand republic like this it is not a disgrace.”’ ‘‘Huzza for Aunt Louisa! That’s my philosophy, too,’’ cried Frank. Lizzie laughed. She couldn’t cry over three min- utes at a time, and then smiles followed, just as the sunlight comes after an April shower. ‘“Your Aunt Louisa always takes a sensible view of things, my dear children, and though she makes no boasts of it, I dare say few persons more often extend the full hand of Christian charity.”’ ‘“That’s the hand to play,’’ cried Frank, thinking of his last rubber of whist at the club-room. “The hand which helps us forward on the road to Heaven,’’ said his father ina grave tone. ‘“‘And I wish my dear children to feel that while they are - living in luxury, knowing no sorrow or grief but what in imagination they make for themselves, heavy hearts, and fainting spirits are all around them. That kind words, followed by kindly deeds, will brighten their way as they go onward and up- ward in life, even as I feel that such things are softening my descent toward the grave.”’ Both son and daughter drew near their good old father, and kissed him reverently. His words had fallen on their hearts at the right moment. ‘Forgive me, papa, because I spoke slightingly of the poor girlin whom you have justly taken such an interest. If she comes here to see Aunt Louisa, I will treat her just as well as I would my dearest -_ school-mate or best friend.’ ° ~ “There spoke my own blessed girl,’’ said Mr. Le- gare, proudly. “‘Your heart is in the right place, little one, though we have petted eons much that you forget it sometimes,”’ , Te ih . : CO Pr,” reergeten! - = hee? = oe ee aa! Ad = er ae ‘ a" ‘ ey | 4. 12 Sy Wi Chas Hpl . i ys S io ’ om : my ? é fy Me ee | /. . ~ -comicbooks.co