OR, CLARENCE MORTIMER. 121]

 

Hal, after long resisting the shining of the
spirit, gave his heart to the Saviour.

Mrs. Mortimer, now felt that she could
trust her son once more, and proposed to
him .to return to their city home, in order
to secure some suitable business for him.
Clare reluctantly consented. It was hard to
leave his kind uncle and aunt, to whom he
had become sincerely attached, but he was
anxious to be doing something in the world
for himself.

Very happy were the mother and son,
when they found themselves once more in

their old home, and Clare was established
: again in the room around which clustered
so many pleasant, and some unpleasant
memories. He recalled many events of his
childhood as he stood in the window, vith

his mother by his side, and looked out upon