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"Then you knew she was co

across her mind as she remembered the picnic, and the scene she had

stumbled upon

But Arthur's reply, "I did not know she was co, I only kneas

like her," reassured her for a ti her resolve to ehly What a difference his

presence made in that wretched room! She did not mind the poverty now,

or care if her dress was stained with the molasses left in the chair,

and the inquisitive child with tattered gown and bare brown legs was

welcoht plaid ribbons asbut Arthur, and the subdued

expression of his face as, kneeling by the sick woered forpurloined by the children crouched upon the

hearth and fighting over the last bit of gingerbread

"Hush-sh, little one," and Lucy's white, jeweled hand rested on the

head of the principal belligerent, who, awed by the beauty of her face

and the authoritative tone of her voice, kept quiet till the prayer

was over and Arthur had risen from his knees

"Thank you, Lucy; I think I one Your very presence has a subduing effect upon the

little savages I never knew the time,"

Arthur said to Lucy in a low tone, which, low as it was, reached