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He turned suddenly toward her, and, winding both his arms around her,

drew her to hi piteously over

her, and saying: "My darling, , if it could have been, but it's too late

now--God is good and will take ht of it before I

was sick, and believe I a to hilad you told me what you have It will one you will find that I did ith

you"

He put her fro over him, and that was the last that ever passed between him

and Daisy on the subject which all his life had occupied so hts The fever had left him, it is true, but he see power, and after a few days it was clear even to

Daisy that To to a close "Thefor his prey, and would not leave this time

until he bore with hihtthose days when

Daisy's life hung in the balance, and the result of the

had been a full surrender of himself to God, who did not forsake hi over hi of the summer sun was the close of his

life, and up to the last he retained his consciousness, with the

exception of a few hours, when his mind wandered a little, and he talked