The dogs kept their noses to the ground, and we ran after them." "And only to catch a man, who certainly had nothing whatever to do with the theft .-- Reflect a little, Mary.

The shoes gave the dogs the scent and they were set on to seize the man who had worn them, but whom no judge had examined.

The shoes were found in the hall; perhaps he had dropped them by accident, or some one else may have carried them there.
Now think of yourself in the place of an innocent man, a Christian like ourselves, hunted with a pack of dogs like a wild beast.

Is it not frightful?
No good heart should laugh at such a thing!" Paula spoke with such impressive gravity and deep sorrow, and her whole manner betrayed such great and genuine distress that the child looked tip at her anxiously, with tearful eyes, threw herself against her, and hiding her face in Paula's dress exclaimed: "I did not know that they were hunting a poor man, and if it makes you so sad, I wish I had not been there! But is it really and truly so bad?
You are so often unhappy when we others laugh!" She gazed into Paula's face with wide, wondering eyes through her tears, and Paula clasped her to her, kissed her fondly, and replied with melancholy sweetness: "I would gladly be as gay as you, but I have gone through so much to sadden me.

Laugh and be merry to your heart's content; I am glad you should.