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friend to her, Charles; for when I am
gone, she may have no friend but
you.”

“And I will be a. friend to her,”
said Charles, energetically, his eyes
glistening with tears, “* and love her
always as I do now, and get money for
her, that she may not be obliged to
work for her living, when Papa and
Mamma’s money is all-gone.”—* You
shall learn to maintain yourself and her
too, when you have done school, my
love,” said Dame, delighted with this
proof of fraternal solicitude; “ and,
in the meantime, rest assured that God
will, in his mercy, assist your endea-
vours, and prosper your undertakings,
so long as you trust in him, as I hope
you do, and endeavour to perform your

FS duty.”