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Well. never mind. 1tsfsstl ~ I<.. -.
lib make moro i va ny {2oIt II. Is;1 S,s~.
Ing ou Aud mother, d5 hot &. I. { .s.sl y. s
Robert, pleAss, about ~ being b i Is i
paxtsnoW
You must not get up, Hanhak; indeed !
you are not strung enough, exelki,hsd Alrs.
Conway, trembling lest shs shout discover
all 10, yes an Sc ninch Eeikar: and
Mauae aud / have ! xhousand thinks % 10.
Il wis only the heat made ne fesl faint
But Aow came bJs this shawl 4 aS1ed Han-
nah MS she endeavored % nnfaete1 il frem
abo1t her shoulders Il i Mrs Cpnuay'sl
Has9she been here
sShs i here now. replied the lind voice
Of hss old friend, while tear fsil tpsn her
pplitted brow but you must III still, ny
child, and listen to what / an, geing Il tell
you1
Please don't let Ii be vsrv lonta stary.
niothor dear, said Hannah, Is <he Hang Asf
arms around her, and laid her head Ipon her
bosom, like asplsyful and vearyshiId. Is
Vito shall attempt II describe Ter feel
ingslwhel she heard AZ feelings exprsss-
ed rather BY tears than 81 wprds. Mira
Conway understood them best, Mhsnahe mo-
toned to the rest that they sh6ala knesl
down aUdlpray for her that she liigk never
forgetsthat solemn hour IN which GbA had
restored her TO them, as Il we're ffbni the
dead ..sg.f I,
robert Conway was half beside himself
when4 be heArd the joyful news aud could
not rest till he bad gone. in softly, and kiss
cd her hand as she lay pale and tranquil
upon the bed for, SOMEHOW, he dared nos
touch her lips, although she was. his Swn be-
trotlsd bride. After that, many of tho /
neighbOrs came just 70 lbok upon hsr, AID
congratulate the olapeople on tho lessora-
ton Of their child. But none spoke above
their breath for fear.of disturbing hef. Is ~
LII a few days Hannah rose up, and went /
about among them all, Just as ueual, only
that She was paler and grayer but ~ one
wondefed at that. The wedding did not
takesphceluntil some time afterMsrd, when
Robert received his young bride u the gift
Of ODD; and truly she brought i; blessing
withRher Hannah lived many years. and .
was happy wife and mother, ahd, what il
better still, . happy Christian i; meekly
trusting in the merits Of her Re aeener, and
ready whenever il shall please God to call
her 10 himself
There arednany instances on record sons.
what similar to the above but not 81 end
ing 90 happily. It WINS only q fow days !
since We beard Of i poor woman, living IN On
obssprs country place, who suddenly became
insensible, but was supposed dead. on the
night previous to the interment, fher sister,
who occupied the next chamber, was dis.
turbsdEbya Slight noise, ana boxing III, saw
the corpse sitting erect, and attempting, as
it seemed, to remove the graye-clothes from
about is face. The terrified womai, caught
up her! sleeping child from its cradle, and
fed away, half naked Al she vas, TO tie ,aonse
Of neighbor nearly mile of !; where she
remained All night. 1itheugh they onlyl laugh
ed a. her, and faneied she must lIaye been
dreaming The following morning, hdworer,
the appeatance- Of the corpse fully corrdbo.s
rated het statement giving 6arful evidence
Of tho struggle that had been going on Be-
tween life and death. The Door woman
might have been alive 10 this very dav. had
her sister only possessed presence of mind
enough to assist instead 81 &eserting Der il
that asrk hour Of untold agony. And YES
we ATE ready to make every allowance Id !.
case where none us can be quite certain
that WI should have had the courage. 10 aet
differently.
The story Of the sexton and Tia rinr n,usa
be familiar to most Of our reeders and No s
couId8tell them others equally Wild aud Won
derful time lancholy histories, for the mos
part, bdt not without their warning lesson
both telthe aged and tho young.
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