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sires to please and oblige her mamma
and sisters, she could not succeed.
This would not have been so great an
affliction if her father had remained
unchanged; but it was seldom now
that Mr. Wingate smiled on his little
daughter as in other days. He spoke
kindly, sometimes looked sadly into
her pale face; but he often seemed
troubled by her presence. This was
natural enough; people are not often
at ease in the society of those whom
they have injured. Thus was little
Laura called to bear the yoke of sor-
yow in her youth; but she was not
left comfortless. Laura was true of ,
heart, and such have a peace which
the world cannot take away.

Whom the Lord loveth he chast-
eneth, and Laura was soon called to

endure a sudden and almost over-
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