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It was soon known in Samona that the Rector's aunt had invited Elithe to spend the summer with her and that she was going. One of the miners' daughters, a strong, capable girl, was to take her place so far as the work was concerned, but no one save the mother herself knew of the pain in her heart when she thought of the days when the busy feet and hands which ministered so lovingly and willingly to them all would be gone.
"It is for her good and I'll bear it," she said to herself, and, putting on a brave and cheerful front, she entered heartily into the necessary preparations for the journey.