If in my life one act be found from earthly blemish free,
If one bright impulse point to Heaven, by that remember me!
C. E. T.
CLARA GREGORY:
OR THE STEP-MOTHER.
CHAPTER I.
“Do, dear Clara, stay at home to-night; father will be so grieved.”
“He certainly has shown no great regard for my feelings, and he cannot expect me to be over-tender of his. I am sure I could not endure to stay here, and my marvel is that you can.”
Clara Gregory did not observe the tear that glistened in her sister’s eye, as she spoke these words, in a bitter tone; yet her voice was gentler when she spoke again.