So Truth Be in the Field



must hear and bear these things now with the
rest.
  "The child, the poor, poor child, alone on
that great ship without kith or kin!" said Aunt
Cordelia as she fastened her collar, still weep-
ing. Then she came and kissed Emmy Lou.
  " I may bDe gone some time. Stay where you
are an(l I'll leave the light."
  Did the tears come before or after Aunt
Louise kissed and soothed her and then went
back to bed Emmy Lou rather thought they
came after she was gone. And after the tu-
mult of tears had spent themselves
  A picture arose in her mind, unbidden and
unexpected, of Albert Eddie, hurt, mortified,
and outraged, walking home block after block
from the lawn fete because church fairs do not
give any change.
  "What is it she wants me to do now I'm in"
he had asked following his confirmation.
  And what was it that Sarah did want of Al-
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