8 EDITH, THE YOUNG TEACHER.

in sight, walking quickly along by the
row of evergreens which grew at the
foot of the lawn. She had on her
bonnet and shawl; a small black silk
bag hung on her arm, and she had
her Bible and hymn-book in her
hand. She knew where Edith and
her mother were to be found, and
came toward them with a kind and
’ cheerful smile.

Now I should tell you that Edith
was a very happy little girl, though
she had no brothers or sisters to play
with her, and had scarcely ever spent
a day from home in her life. It had
pleased God to take the soul of her
dear father to heaven at a time when
she was too young to miss him, or to
orieve for his loss; and after his death
she went with her mother to live with
her grandfather and aunt Mary in a