And
Cousin Irene would have been saved a good deal of hard work if she
could have obtained her share at the time. Thank God it is all right
now, and the library with the long name will have to wait for another
founder."
The girls of the literature class soon heard of their friends' good
fortune, and were not slow in offering their congratulations.
One day, some two years after, when Anna and Rosemary happened to call
at the Mahons', a chance reference was made to the discovery of the
will. "Only think," exclaimed Rosemary, "how much came about through
the spoiling of that mirror! Emily, you surely can never again believe
it unlucky to break a looking-glass?"
"No, indeed!" replied Emily, thinking of the uninterrupted happiness
and prosperity which the family had enjoyed since then.
"It was a fortunate accident for us," said Cousin Irene; "but I should
not advise any one to go around smashing all the looking-glasses in his
or her house, hoping for a similar result. It certainly would be an
unlucky sign for the person who had to meet the bill for repairs."
"Miss Graham, how do you suppose this superstition originated?" asked
Anna, as eager for information as ever.
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