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92 BE TRUE.

“but if she had coazed and hired, |
think that I should have remember-
ed ita long time.”

Mrs. Elmore looked at Laura, and
to her surprise saw in her counte-
nance an expression of pleasant sar-
casm, which again forcibly remind-
ed her of her early friend. Laura was
silent for a few moments, and then
said, “I would not mind taking un-
pleasant medicine if I could be well,
and I would do anything else that
was right, without being coazed or
hired.”

» “T believe you, dear,” replied Mrs.
Elmore, “and I will try to get you
well; you are a good, érue little girl,
and I love you for that.”

“Do you love me because I am
true?” said Laura; “that is why
people generally dislike me; every-