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Contents


Affecting Scene in a Saloon 388
A Good Lesson Spoiled 192
A Kind Word 67
A Life Lesson 178
A Mountain Prayer-meeting 144
An Instructive Anecdote 214
Another Commandment 71
A Retired Merchant 90
A Rift in the Cloud 286

Be Just Before Generous 99