52 THE TWO COUSINS.

 

A tear stood in the eye of
Mrs. Woodman, as she heard
this language from the lips of
her daughter. But it was not
a tear of grief. It was a tear
of joy. She was glad, she was
delighted, to hear that Mary
wished to make such a use of
her gold piece, and she told
her so.

A little while before Christ:
mas, a large Bible was bought