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FAITH AND UNFAITH.
At Jane Withersteen's home the promise made to Mrs.Larkin to care for little Fay had begun to be fulfilled.

Like a gleam of sunlight through the cottonwoods was the coming of the child to the gloomy house of Withersteen.

The big, silent halls echoed with childish laughter.

In the shady court, where Jane spent many of the hot July days, Fay's tiny feet pattered over the stone flags and splashed in the amber stream.