The small sums raised by these sacrifices were soon used up; and when the daughter could no longer make a decent appearance, she was required to show herself much more than ever before.

Katy did not repine at this, though her mother did, for their pride, as my young friends have discovered, was of very different kinds.
Katy did wish she had a little better dress, and a little better bonnet for her first attempt in the mercantile calling; but there was no help for it.

She had mended her clothes as well as she could, and as they were clean, she was pretty well satisfied with her personal appearance.
Besides, people would not be half so apt to buy her candy if she were well dressed, as if she were rather plainly clothed.

In short, it was all for the best.
After breakfast she prepared herself for the duties of the day.

Her heart beat violently with anxiety and expectation, and while she was placing the candy on the tray, which she had previously covered with white paper to render her wares the more inviting, her mother gave her a long lecture on the trials and difficulties in her path, and the proper way to encounter them.
"Now, my dear child," said Mrs.Redburn, in conclusion "if any evil person insults you, do not resent it, but run away as fast as you can." "Shan't I say anything, mother ?" "Not a word." "But if some naughty boy or girl, no bigger than I am myself, should be saucy to me, I think I can give them as good as they send." "Don't do it, Katy." "They have no business to insult me." "That is very true; but when you use bad or violent language to them, you go down to their level." "But if they begin it ?" "No matter, Katy; if they are unkind and wicked, it is no reason that you should be unkind and wicked.