and from this time the weight of sorrow was greatly lightened for her young heart. every morning, to gather strength for the day's duties before her, and every evening, for consolation before she lay down to rest, did the young girl take out the mirror and gaze at the reflection which in the simplicity of her innocent heart she believed to be her mother's soul. daily she grew in the likeness of her dead mother's character, and was gentle and kind to all, and a dutiful daughter to her father.