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    A WOMAN'S P3$N. 251

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    40o The Chester And Hereford Railway Pas...

    _** It Is ; and I should expect action of no other kind . " " But though the curate is so kindindeed he is altogether a noble

    , young man , Dr . Belshazzar , the vicar , takes no more notice of her living here than though she was a stock or a stone . Though to be

    sure if my Lord and Lady Temple come to their Hall hard by , he and -Mrs . Belshazzar will hang about the village for days together , rather

    than not bow before them , and have some chance of dining in their noble company . The truth is , the doctor _doesn't like Mrs . Cresset's

    opinions : he says that she and others have made the world what it is , and what it is likely to be , "

    " And for their services I say amen , amen ! with all my soul , " says the gentleman emphatically , " and I speak with the gratitude

    which conies of deep experience . " " Sir E-obert Murson said himself to the curatethat were people

    , _rewarded according to their work , this poor lady ' s place would be a different one ; and Sir Robert is , as you knowsira learned

    gentleman very , as well as one of high station . But the , dear , lady is _siot one who covets this world ' s goods , and there is more peace in

    . that home of hers , than in many a richer place . " " As there ought to be . When we have done the work which

    has lain before us with the best of our ability and the highest intenta peace such as nothing else the world can give , is

    necessarilours , . I for one am so indebted to this womanthat were she to y take half I had , I could not justly stay her hand , and , say enough

    —no more . " " Indeed" sirit is kind of you to say so . But you are not the

    only one . , About , two years ago , a railway engineer was at work in this part , making a survey , and he told me and my master a deal

    about the old lady and her _writings . He said how much he had gathered from themnot in the way of learning so much , as that

    , they gave him courage to bear difficulty , and to lay out the courses of future good in a way different to what he should

    otherwise have done . He added , that at one time in his life he used to walk weekly twelve miles to and fro across one of the most desolate

    bogs in Ireland , in order to make purchase of some paper or other in which she was at that time writing . "

    " I do not doubt it . This power of leading the minds and giving comfort to the souls of others , has been one of her highest gifts .

    But now I am myself going to renew a long-ago acquaintance with her , so good evening . "

    Thus saying , the stranger retraces his steps of the afternoon , and is by the cottage gate once more . There is a deep hush about the

    { place , night comes dusky with descending shadows , the very murmurs of the little river as it passes on , aid by their monotony the

    sense of peace and rest . Waiting till some customers come forth , he enters the little shop , where his inquiries are answered by a

    pleasant little woman , not yet past middle life . Her stature is diminutive , her face plain , but her eyes are so kind in their

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    A Woman's P3$N. 251

    A WOMAN ' S P 3 _$ N . 251

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1858, page 251, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061858/page/35/