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Helen had noticed it, but she would not say so, and she tried to co her she would be very happy yet; "but, Katy darling," she continued, "you have a duty to perform as well as Wilford Your heart is very sore now because of the deception, but you must not let that soreness appear in your manner You must be to Wilford just what you alere, unless you wish to wean him from you He, too, has had a terrible shock; his pride and self-love have been wounded, andhumbled as he has been You must soothe hi to hiive the past And, Katy, remember you have a Friend always near to whom you can carry your burdens, sure that He will listen and heal the s pain Go to Him often and make Him yours indeed He has come very near to you within the last year, and such visitations have a ain and visit you with greater sufferings"

"Purified by Suffering" The words ca back to Katy, just as Uncle Ephraim had spoken them in the pleasant meadowland, and just as they had so as nohen Helen's words suggested the, oh, so terribly, but was she purifying, too? She feared not, and after the sad parting with her mother and sister was over she turned her face to her pillow, trying so hard to pray that God wouldHe sent purify her for heaven