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185 "No, you would be anxious about me." Susan," replied her mother, "I was not, for I well knew the kind friend in whose hand I had placed you, and I knew he would do all in his power to take care of you." "Yes, mother, so he did; how dif- ferent from that rude coachman. What a difference it makes, mother, whether you know a person or not." "Yes, Susan, I should be a very careless mother, if I could be indifferent as to the persons in whose care I entrusted my child. I might trust a person with a broom and shovel to sweep the yard, whom I would not trust to clean the plate, or dust the FAITH. Digitized by Google