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"AUNTIE, what does ''ruthless'' mean?""Why do you wish to know, Hecla?""I saw it in a book.""You shall show me the passage by-and-by. Just now you have to work."Hecla was hemming a small pocket-handkerchief, with red edges. She liked doing this, because it was for "Chris," but she did not love work for its own sake. She liked nothing which meant sitting still.Hers was a rather curious name. She ha...