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94 condition and wants; this done, "I knew, Susan," he said, "it would be a comfort to you to do what you could for the poor man."

"Indeed is it, Harry, and no great trouble either; for you know we have plenty of beds and bedding, and, now poor old Mr. Smith is gone, they can spare us our cot, and I can make him up a nice comfortable bed in father's room; nothing ever puts father out."

"Nor father's daughter, I think; and that is why I am sometimes afraid I shall impose on you."

"Impose on me, Harry! in giving me an opportunity to do a kindness! That is our chief comfort."

There are certain persons who do services for their fellow-creatures as some children learn lessons—as a task prescribed by authority. This was not Susan's way. She never separated the idea of duty from the deep abiding happiness that resulted from its performance.