But that's the way with things; folks never turn out to be as bad as you thought they were when you get to know their whys and their wherefores; and many a poor soul as is put down as worldly is really only anxious to make things pleasant for the master and the children." "Miss Elisabeth's mourning is handsome, I don't deny," said Mrs.Hankey, reverting to a more interesting subject than false judgments in the abstract; "but she don't look well in it--those pale folks never do justice to good mourning, in my opinion.

It seems almost a pity to waste it on them." "Oh! I don't hold with you there.

I think I never saw anybody look more genteel than Miss Elisabeth does now, bless her! And the jet trimming on her Sunday frock is something beautiful." "Eh! there's nothing like a bit of jet for setting off crape and bringing the full meaning out of it, as you may say," replied Mrs.
Hankey, in mollified tones.

"I don't think as you can do full justice to crape till you put some jet again' it.

It's wonderful how a bit of good mourning helps folks to bear their sorrows; and for sure they want it in a world so full of care as this." "They do; there's no doubt about that.