12 Fred the Apprentice.

all that I have done and suffered for you. Be
united all your lives, as you have ever been
united in my affection.’

Then, placing her cold hands on their young
heads, which were bent towards her, she mur-
mured a few words. Her voice was so faint
that the boys kneeling beside her could not
hear what she said. Her last words were known
only to God, who sees and knows all things.

Soon afterwards she gently slept away.

The remains of the poor woman were followed
to the grave by the two orphans and the good
clergyman.

 

CHAPTER II.
THE ORPHANS—FRANCIS AND FREDERICK.

EFT thus to themselves, the brothers
at once began to follow two different
paths of conduct. Francis, whom
the death of his mother had troubled,

chiefly because of the absence of one who

attended to him and loved him, was sometimes
very sad. A fickle heart like his could not find

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