Forty cents is an abundance; but I had made up my mind, under the circumstances, to make it fifty, and that is all I will give.

So here is your money--three dollars." And Mrs.Lander took out her purse, and counted out six half dollars upon the table.

Only for a few moments did the poor woman hesitate.
Bread she must have for her children; and if her clothes were not taken out of pawn on that day, they would be lost.

Slowly did she take up the money while words of stinging rebuke were on her tongue.

But she forced herself to keep silence; and even departed, bearing the wrong that had been laid upon her without uttering a word.
"Did you get my shoes as you promised, mother ?" eagerly inquired her little boy, as she came in, on returning from the house of Mrs.Lander.
"No, dear," replied the heart-full mother, in a subdued voice.