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 tude, her breast heaving with the effort, she threw them into the fire. "Well," said Mr. Cecil, "there let them lie; you shall hear more about them another time, but say no more about them now."

Some days after he bought her a box full of larger beads and toys of the same kind. When he returned home, he opened the treasure and set it before her. She burst into tears of ecstasy. Mr. Cecil said, "These, my child, are yours, because you believed me when I told you it would be better for you to throw those beads behind the fire; now that belief has brought you this treasure. But, my dear, remem-