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Katy rose the next morning bright and early, and her heart was full of / hope. She felt that she had a great work to perform, and she was going / forth to do it, resolved that no obstacle should turn her back. Her / mother had told her that she would be laughed at, and made fun of; that / thoughtless people would look down upon her with contempt, and that / wicked ones would insult her. She was, therefore, prepared for all / these trials, but she had braced herself up to meet them with courage / and fortitude.
Her mother was sick, and they were actually in a suffering condition. / What right had she to be proud in her poverty? She felt able to support / her mother, and she could find no excuse, if she wished to do so, for / not supporting her. It was her duty, therefore, to sell candy if she / could get money by it; and thus consideration strengthened her heart.