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hymn, her mother asked her to
go and get the silver dollar.
She did so, and Mrs. Woodman
took the dollar back again, and
gave Mary the gold piece—a
quarter-eagle, worth two dol-
lars and a half. .

Mary felt that she was rich.
The quarter-eagle was a great
deal of money for such a little
girl.

“Was she not proud of her