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 "And then I just sat straight up and said:

Why, of course my mamma wouldn't do such a thing, and she would be just as glad as I, if the necklace were right here around my neck now,' and I put up my hand, and there around my neck was that string of corals! What do you think of that!

"I was so astonished that I jumped right up and down and screamed: 'Oh, Mamma, Mamma, I've got it, I've got it, I've got it!'

"Mamma came in and took me in her arms, 'Has my little daughter had a lesson?' she said, ever so sweetly.

Yes, Mamma, but where did it come from?' I cried, oh, so excited. Why, I felt just as if I were in a fairy tale.

It was there all the time, dearie,' said Mamma. 'I came in