I shall feel much better when it is paid." Mrs.Gordon reluctantly received the four dollars.

It was a very small sum to her, though a very large one to Katy.

She saw that the little candy merchant's pride was of the right kind, and she was not disposed to give her any unnecessary mortification, though she resolved that neither Katy nor her mother should ever want a friend in their need.
"I owe you one dollar, also," continued Katy, advancing to the side of Grace.
"Well, I declare!" laughed Grace.

"If that isn't a good one!" "I promised to pay you; and you know I would not take the money as a gift," replied Katy.
"I am aware that you would not, and you are the promptest paymistress I ever knew." "With the dollar you lent me, I bought the molasses to make the first lot of candy I sold.

Your dollar has done a great deal of good." "I am glad it has; but I don't want to take it." "Won't you let me feel like myself ?" "Certainly I will," laughed Grace.
"Then let me pay my debts, and not feel just like a beggar." "You are the queerest child I ever saw!" exclaimed Grace, as she took the dollar.