The Sisterhood of Mercy

It could only be a genuine regard for virtue that had brought back the poor wanderer to its paths. None so self-devoted as Hester when pestilence stalks through the town, in all seasons of calamity indeed. She was quick to acknowledge her sisterhood with the race of man whenever benefits were to be conferred. In such emergencies Hester's nature showed itself warm and rich,. A wellspring of human tenderness unfailing to every real demand and inexhaustible by the largest. It was only the darkened house that could contain her. When Sunshine came again, she was not there. Her shadow had faded across the threshold. The helpful inmate had departed without one backward

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