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REPENTANCE. spring at the fly, and in doing so snapped the stem of the beautiful rose. What will your aunt say,' cried Kate. Oh, dear.' "We raised it up and tried to make it stand, but it kept falling down again; at last we made it lean against a branch, and it looked almost as well as it did before. 'I must go, now,' said Kate, "for there is no more fun for us.' 'Had I bet- ter tell Aunt Mary, or let her find it out,' I asked myself. Tell her, certainly,' said a voice within, 'when an accident hap- pens always make it known to those who ought to know it. Why not?' But I was afraid, and kept delaying, and went off to by Google 123 Digitized by