44 BE TRUE.

mamma and the sisters, I should be
obliged to any one who would set
me right.” But Laura did not know
how difficult the task would be of
setting people right who chose to be
wrong.

Perhaps some of my readers will
wonder how little Laura could be
counted an enemy, because she told
the truth; but such was the fact. In
our large cities, or even in our vil-
lages, at the present day, Laura’s
truthfulness would have been con-
sidered ridiculous. But in the good,
steady town of F , fashionable
lying was yet unknown. If a lady
there should say that she was “ out,”
when she was at home; if she ap-
peared greatly to admire persons
when they were present, and ridi-
culed them in their absence, she