TEARS OF PEARLS

NCE upon a time there lived a very rich widow, with

whom lived three children—a handsome stepson ; his

sister, who was marvellously beautiful ; and her own daughter,
passably good-looking.

All three children lived under the same roof, but, as is

often the case where there are step-parents, they were treated

very differently. The lady’s own daughter was bad-tempered,

disobedient, vain, and of a tell-tale disposition: yet she was
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