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pocket and looking at it, and every time he wished more and more that he could keep it. While he was in Sunday-school, he thought of the cent in his pocket, and kept wondering how many marbles it would buy. After the lessons were said, his teacher told Harry to collect the cents for the day. Harry took his hat and went round the class, and after the other cents were put in, he dropped in his own one and sat down. His teacher had gone to the library, and the other boys were look- ing at their Sunday papers, and, in the course of a very few minutes, Harry and his conscience had a conversation together.