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Chapter 72

           WhenDeathstrikesdowntheinnocentandyoung,foreveryfragileformfromwhichheletsthepantingspiritfree,ahundredvirtuesrise,inshapesofmercy,charity,andlove,towalktheworld,andblessit.Ofeverytearthatsorrowingmortalsshedonsuchgreengraves,somegoodisborn,somegentlernaturecomes.IntheDestroyer’sstepstherespringupbrightcreationsthatdefyhispower,andhisdarkpathbecomesawayoflighttoHeaven.

           Itwaslatewhentheoldmancamehome.Theboyhadledhimtohisowndwelling,undersomepretence,ontheirwayback;and,rendereddrowsybyhislongrambleandlatewantofrest,hehadsunkintoadeepsleepbythefireside.Hewasperfectlyexhausted,andtheywerecarefulnottorousehim.Theslumberheldhimalongtime,andwhenheatlengthawokethemoonwasshining.

           Theyoungerbrother,uneasyathisprotractedabsence,waswatchingatthedoorforhiscoming,whenheappearedinthepathwaywithhislittleguide.Headvancedtomeetthem,andtenderlyobligingtheoldmantoleanuponhisarm,conductedhimwithslowandtremblingstepstowardsthehouse.

           Herepairedtoherchamber,straight.Notfindingwhathehadleftthere,hereturnedwithdistractedlookstotheroominwhichtheywereassembled.Fromthat,herushedintotheschoolmaster’scottage,callinghername.Theyfollowedcloseuponhim,andwhenhehadvainlysearchedit,broughthimhome.

           Withsuchpersuasivewordsaspityandaffectioncouldsuggest,theyprevaileduponhimtositamongthemandhearwhattheyshouldtellhim.

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