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334 right" on wrong.
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Jud " Aunt Wa G S Ing Anne She 1 As Tig ...
like me to read to lier ; and on her assenting , selected the ninetieth , and then the twenty-third psalms . When I came to the words ,.
paused " Thoug , h a I mist walk came throug before h the my valley eyes of , and the a shadow choking of " death sensation , " I
rose room in , in my the throat chill , hour but God of ni was ght— with within me the then house ! Yes all , in silent that , with dini - out , the distant rush of carriages returning from some ball , those
murmured at grating last , and contrasts throug kneeling so h familiar my at her tears to side , the of , to parting watcher her who , b and y a had sick death given bed , and — me I life sp life oke to ,
come . " When I ceased , I dared not look up , but buried my face on her without restraintand
then p as illow she , , oh drew and , joy for me unspeakable once to her wept bosom ! in I heard her ' Anne presence her say own in a brave calm sweet child voice ; God , my ,
it bless for us you both for this You . have I had told no me cour , onl age y what for , myself I have , but long you known have to had he
. inevitablebut which I was too weak to contemplate as a Christian should . Do , not cry so bitterly my child , be strong now for my ke
band her sake , ' never and protection your let sister her part " ' Watch s . I from leave over you her cherish till to you you bear , resi Anne with gn her ne her ver to forsa as a hus . her
mother s would have . done , so young , , so inexperienced , , so beautiful , , she will need unceasing care . Promise me , Anne , promise me to
be " all And and I every promised thing . to On Alice my ! knees ' before her , my hands clasped in vowed to maintain that sacred
trust hers , , my to fulfil eyes her upraised dying to injunctions Heaven , I : after which , as if relieved had scarcel
hoped from a to great witness wei , g to ht the , she separation reverted , she with had a serenity so long foreseen I , and the y for the
consolation earthlwelfare which of her I had child given and her her ; to entire her submission reliance on to me the . decree that called y her from us . And , from that time whenever we were
of them alone Scri to we pture her spoke at as ni I without thoug ht , or ht reserve kept most the app . Bible She licable let by me to her her choose side situation , and such , meditated and passages read g
on them ' sister by and day ; asked she wrote to see directions a clergyman relative , but to my with guardianshi the express p of my condition , that Alice was not to be told the purport of his visits . It
was undeceive in vain d as to to attempt her real to induce state . her ' Let to allow her hop the e poor to the child last to , ' she be
besides would say I ; could c she not is so bear young to , wh see y cause her tears her . ' unnecessary I obeyed , sorrow I com- ; with
her prehended and , beautiful who had the always to pit encounter ying looked mother the upon 's ordinary love Alice in the troubles as motive a creature and , especiall vicissitudes too y fragile of child
of the life world ' s inevitable ; though training my heart would told have me , young been salutary as our for was her , then some ,
334 Right" On Wrong.
334 right" on wrong .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1859, page 334, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071859/page/46/
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