46 TRUE RICHES; OR,

 

** Nothing without can harm us. Our worst ene-
mies are within.”

Within ?”

‘Yes, love; within our bosoms. Into our dis-
trusts and unsatisfied desires they enter, and tempt
us to evil.”

‘True, true,” said Claire, in an abstracted man-
ner, and as if speaking to himself.

‘What more do we want to make us happy?”
asked Edith, comprehending still more clearly her
husband’s state of mind.

Claire sighed deeply, but made no answer.

‘More money could not do it,”’ she added.

*“Money would procure us many comforts that
we do not now possess,” said the young man.

“‘Y doubt this, Edward. It might give more of
the elegancies of life; but, as I have often said,
these do not always produce corresponding pleasure.
If they come, without too ardent seeking, in the
good pleasure of Providence, as the reward of use-
ful and honest labour, then they may increase the
delights of life; but never otherwise. If the heart
is set on them, their acquirement will surely end in
disappointment. Possession will create satiety; and
the mind too quickly turns from the good it has
toiled for in hope so long, to fret itself because *
there is an imagined higher good beyond. Believe
me, Edward, if we are not satisfied with what
God gives us as the reward of useful toil to-day,
we will not be satisfied with what he gives to-
morrow.’

‘Perhaps you are right, Edith; I believe you are.
My mind has a glimpse of the truth, but to fully — ’