said poor Faith piteously . Una shook her head . `` No , you know I only have the one black pair . And they 're so tight I can hardly get them on . They would n't go on you . Neither would my gray ones . Besides , the legs of THEM are all darned AND darned . '' `` I wo n't wear those striped stockings , '' said Faith stubbornly . `` The feel of them is even worse than the looks . They make me feel as if my legs were as big as barrels and they 're so SCRATCHY . '' `` Well , I do n't know what you 're going to do . '' `` If father was home I 'd go and ask him to get me a new pair before the store closes . But he wo n't be home till too late . I 'll ask him Monday -- and I wo n't go to church tomorrow . I 'll pretend I 'm sick and Aunt Martha 'll HAVE to let me stay home . '' `` That would be acting a lie , Faith , '' cried Una . `` You CA N'T do that . You know it would be dreadful . What would father say if he knew ? Do n't you remember how he talked to us after mother died and told us we must always be TRUE , no matter what else we failed in .
He said we must never tell or act a lie -- he said he 'd TRUST us not XXXXX .
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