affect for she looked anxiously at him and said are you going away no i shall stay here at until you are better and then you will go away too never to the again no i shall live poorly and get my own bread well dearest you shall do what you would like best but i wish you could go to sleep now try to rest quietly and by you will perhaps sit up a little god has kept you in life in spite of all this sorrow it will be sinful not to try and make the of his gift dear you will try � and little brought you some once you didn t notice the poor little thing but you will notice her when she comes again will you not i will try whispered humbly and then closed her eyes by the time the sun was above the scattering the clouds and shining with pleasant morning warmth the window was asleep gently the tiny hand cheered with good news and made his way to the village with a thankful heart that had been so far herself again evidently the sight of him had blended naturally with the memories in which her mind was absorbed and she had b en led on to an of herself that might bo the beginning of a complete restoration but her body was so � her soul so bruised � that the utmost tenderness and care would be necessary the next thing to be done was to send tidings to sir and lady then to write and summon his sister under whose care he had determined to place the even if she had been to return thither would he knew be the most home for her at present every scene every object there was associated with still anguish if she were for a time with his mild gentle sister who had a peaceful home and a little boy might attach herself anew to life and recover partly at least the shock that had been given to her constitution when be had written his letters and taken a mb s l ve t rt hasty breakfast he was soon in his saddle again on his way to where he would post them and seek oat a medical to whom he might confide the moral causes of s condition chapter xx in less than a week from that time was persuaded to travel in a comfortable carriage under the care of mr and his sister mrs whose soft blue eyes aid mild manners were very soothing to the poor bruised child the more so as they had an air of equality which was quite new to her under lady s good will bad always retained a certain and awe and there was a sweetness before unknown in having a young and gentle woman like an elder sister bending over her and speaking in low loving tones was almost angry with himself for feeling happy while s mind and body were still trembling on the verge of decline but the new delight of acting as her guardian angel of being with her every hour of the of everything for her comfort or watching for a ray of returning interest in her eyes too absorbing to leave room for alarm or regret on the third day the carriage drove up to the door of where the rev presented himself on the door step eager to greet his returning and holding by the hand a broad haired boy of five who was a miniature hunting whip with great vigor nowhere was there a lawn more walks better swept or a porch more pi with than at standing sheltered by and half way down the pretty green which was surmounted by the church and overlooking a village that at its ease among pastures and meadows surrounded by wild and broad trees as yet by improved methods of farming brightly the fire shone in the great parlor and brightly in the little pink bedroom which was to be s b use it looked away from the churchyard and on to a farm with its little cluster of and placid groups of cows and cheerful sounds of healthy labor mrs with the instinct of an woman had written to her husband to have this room prepared for contented scratching for the rarely found com may sometimes do more for a sick heart than a grove of there is something irresistibly in the of sheep dogs and patient cart horses enjoying a drink of muddy water in such a home as this a nest of comfort without any of the that would carry a suggestion of mr was not unreasonable in hoping that might gradually shake off the haunting vision of the past and recover from the languor and which were the physical sign of that vision s presence the next thing to be done was to arrange an exchange of duties with mr s that might be constantly near and watch over her progress she seemed to like him to be with her to look uneasily for his return and though she seldom spoke to him she was most contented when he sat by her and held her tiny hand in his large protecting grasp but the broad boy was perhaps her most with something of his uncle s person he had inherited also his uncle s early taste for a domestic and was very imperative in demanding s sympathy in the welfare of his guinea pig and with him she seemed now and then to have of her childhood coming the leaden clouds and many hours of winter went by the more easily for being spent in s nursery mrs was not and had no instrument but one of mr s cares was to procure a and have it placed in the drawing room always open in the hope that some day the spirit of music would be in and 