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‘gat watching beside me. Oh, no heart
but one of stone, could have held out
against such unwearying kindness, and
mine at last was completely conquered.

“JT well remember the day, when, as
I was lying on. my bed, weak and ex-
hausted, and watching the lovely form
near me, that I said to her softly,
‘ Mother, will you come and kiss me?’
She looked up astonished and pleased,
for it was the first time I had ‘ever
called her by that name; ‘and as ‘she
stooped to kiss me, a’ warm tear of joy
fell on my cheek. I asked her then to
call my father, and. Alice, and .Fred.
Alas! my dear little ‘sister had -then