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Hitherto the world had a in an amiable way; and now it

suddenly turned and delivered a blow in the face Every one is destined

to receive such blows, soet little else But the test comes in the

way they are received You may use belladonna as a poison, or you may

use it to help the blind to see So when pain comes, you may take it to

your bosom and suckle it till it becomes a fine healthy child, too heavy

for you to carry; or cast out the changeling and leave it on the

doorstep to die It uish skulks about the

outside of life, so long as it finds no lodgment in the sacred shrines

of the heart Madeline ht it off; and, even

while she thought it had given her a mortal wound, ca She put her arms down on the

-sill to cry deliberately, but so dried her tears

"I couldn't put that look in Dick's face, but could he put it in ranted the best love of which I am

capable? I've found out to-day that there are all kinds of things in me