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... " What has kept you so late, Vera?'" asked a woman who was taking from a rude cupboard the slender materials of the evening meal.
" I was watching a queer little sail-boat, mother.'"
" Sail-boat, sail-boat ; has it landed near us ?'" asked the man, starting up.
" No, father. I watched till it disappeared down the river,'" said the girl, soothingly.
" That's a good child. Still it does not signify ; no one could have any business with me. ' '
But the slight tremor of excitement in the girl's tone caused the mother to give her a quick, searching glance, and she saw that something unusual had occurred.
Vera looked smilingly and significantly into the pale, anxious face turned to her, and her glance said, " I will
tell you all by-and-by. "
The woman continued her tasks, though in a manner so feeble as to indicate that the burden of life was growing too heavy to be borne much longer, while Vera assisted her with the quickness of youth and the deftness of experience.
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