42 BE TRUE.

CHAPTER V.

THE NEW MOTHER—THE STEP-SISTERS—FINE
NOTIONS — GREAT ALTERATIONS—SUDDEN
DEATH.

Time passes: the human heart may
be sad or joyful; life’s current may
rush wildly to the great ocean; or it
may glide gently along. Time pass-
es: earthly joys and earthly sorrows
will soon mingle with those waters
where all is forgotten. Mrs. Brass,
(now Mrs. Wingate,) with her two
daughters, Helen Ann Janette Maria
and Martha Jane Amelia Brass—
seven names, it is true, but only two
daughters—were comfortably esta-
blished in the old domicil. Com-
fortably! What has comfort to do
with three fine, city-bred ladies, like
the Brasses? The old house of Mr.