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REGRET
Mrs. Marion M. Hutson writes a lesson as to appreciating the troubles of friends while they live:
Somewhere in the future, soon or late,
My weary feet will reach the outer gate,
Where rest begins, and earth’s long highway ends,
And then, perhaps, through misty eyes my friends
Will see how rough the path has been, and say,
“Would we had tried to smooth the rugged way.”
Oh, friends and loved ones! do not wait, but give