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A CHARITABLE IMPULSE 257*manse people were quite fabulously rich, and no doubtthose girls had slathers of shoes and stockings. ThenLida ran down to the Glen village and played for anhour with the boys before Mr. Flagg's store, splashingabout in a pool of slush with the maddest of them,until Mrs. Elliott came along and bade her begonehome."I don't think, Faith, that you should have donethat," said Una, a little reproachfully,gone.after Lida had"You'll have to wear your good boots every daynow, and they'll soon scuff out.""I don't care," cried Faith, still in the fine glow ofhaving done a kindness to a fellow creature."It isn'tfair that I should have two pairs of shoes and poorlittle Lida Marsh not have any. Now we both have apair.You know perfectly well, Una, that father saidin his sermon last Sunday that there was no real happinessin getting or having only in giving. And it's .true. I feel far happier now than I ever did in mywhole life before. Just think of Lida walking homethis very minute with her poor little feet all nice andwarm and comfy.""You know you haven't another pair of black cashmerestockings," said Una. "Your other pair were sofull of holes that Aunt Martha said she couldn't darnthem any more and she cut the legs up for stovedusters.You've nothing but those two pairs of stripedstockings you hate so."All the glow and uplift went out of Faith. Her