BE TRUE. 67

CHAPTER VIL

A soniote DUTIES—ILLNESS—-NEW FRIEND
—THE DISCOVERY—TRUTH TRIUMPHANT.

Conriwwed almost constantly to the
store, Laura had little or no opportu-
nity of seeing the stranger lady. It
was the little girl’s task to open the
store in the morning, to wait till the
young ladies had breakfasted, and
were ready to take her place for the
few hurried moments which were
allowed her for taking her morning
meal; and thus was her dinner
eaten, alone and in haste.

Mrs. Elmore had seen, occasional-
ly, a pale, pretty looking child, pass-
ing the door and the open window.
At first she thought her a neighbor's
child; but meeting her once or twice
in the entry, and upon the stairs, she