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"I believe it is so with you," said Alison, scarcely able to keep the

tears fro to dwell on hiht he ain with the sa to those weeks so long ago,

and, above all, that there was not one cloud, one doubt about the

troubles--Oh, it is too, too much"

Ermine lent back with clasped hands She was like one weary with

happiness, and lain to rest in the sense of neon peace She said

little , and if spoken to, seemed like one wakened out

of a dreaed her

sister's pardon, and said that it seelad voice that rang in her ear, "Colin is come

home" That was sufficient for her, no need for any other sys crushed down Then wonder

came--whether Ermine could really contemplate the future, or if it were

absolutely lost in the present?

Colonel Keith went back to be seized by Conrade and Francis, and

walked off to the pony inspection, the two boys, on either side of hi in a poky place like

this, where nobody had ever been in the army, nor had a bit of sense,

and Aunt Rachel was always bothering, and trying to make mamma think

that Con told stories