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The little Grave.

T was one morning in May, that little
Julia went forth, happy in her dear
mother’s permission to enjoy its
hours in the grove. All was new

and charming to her; for they had but
recently exchanged a city residence for
this sweet and quiet home. She had
always loved trees, and birds, and flow-
ers, but had never before seen them,
just where God himself had planted and
reared them, without the aid of man,
and now her little heart was full of
wonder. Who could have scattered
seeds in such variety and profusion, and
placed those stately trees, not in rows or
avenues, but here and there, just where

and who could have trained the luxuriant
vines from bough to bough, in such a
tasteful manner? Julia had been taught
from infancy about the wonderful works
of God. She had “heard of them by
the hearing of the ear,” but now, when
her eye rested upon their loveliness, she
was almost wild with delight. She had
no brother or sisters, to enjoy and ad-
mire these things with her; but she did
not feel alone, for forms of freshness and
beauty were spread all around her, and |
the sweet air was ringing with strains of
melody. “Is not this as fair as that
‘better land’ they:tell me of 2 But why
do those bounding footsteps pause sud-

they looked most graceful and pleasant; | denly? Why first comes a shadow over