WEALTH WITHOUT WINGS. 71

 

She is now in the special guardianship of the Father
of the fatherless, and he will provide for her, no
matter who become the almoners of his bounty.
This is my faith, Edward, and in this faith I would
have freely acted even without the provision that
has been made.”

‘Let it be then, as you wish, Edith.”’

‘How providential this increase of our income,
Edward!” said his wife, soon afterward, while the
subject of taking Fanny into their little household
was yet the burden of their conversation. ‘We
shall gain here all, and more than all that will be
lost in giving up your situation with Mr. Jasper.
Did I not say to you that good would come of this
guardianship; and is there not, even now, a fore-
shadowing of things to come ?”’

‘Perhaps there is,” replied Edward thoughtfully.
“But my eye of faith is not so clear as yours.”’

‘‘Let me see for you then, dear,” said Edith, in
a tender voice. ‘1 am an earnest confider in the
gook purposes of our Heavenly Father. I trust in
them, as a ship trusts in its well-grounded anchor.
That, in summing up the events of our life, when
the time of our departure comes, we shall see
clearly that each has been wisely ordered or pro-
vided for by One who is infinitely good and wise, I
never for an instant doubt. Oh, if you could only
see with me, eye to eye, Edward! But you will,
love, you will—that my heart assures me. It may be
some time yet—but it will come.”

‘“‘May it come right speedily !”’
response of Edward Claire.

was the fervent