Excerpt from Mary the Merry: And Other Tales For the poor rich may be debarred from the realms of happiness, but when they see its hue they know to appreciate it. As has been said once too often, many a rose would have died untouched if not for the bee. Which, however, must not take us away from our story. It is for mere atmosphere, probably, that I happen to bring in these sweet elements. But now, for the sake of a little symbolism let us take the conclusion of the story of Mary the Merry, and see if you could discover all these elements there. Mary the Merry, like her father, worked at the great National institution, I mean the Woolen Mills. And when Mary was seventeen she had been there for four years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.