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LITTLE did May realize how soon her schoolmates would have occasion for charity toward one dear to her as her own right hand.
On her way to school, she met two or three of the girls of her own class, who were talking, but who stopped as soon as she came within hearing. She spoke to them in her usual pleasant tone, but perceived that they were embarrassed, and, more annoyed than she liked to show, she passed on alone.