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"SO! Thy lish--a God's ; thy trouble tell to hiive thee"

Senator Van Heereat handfuls of white narcissus and golden daffodils, he called a slave woman and bade her carry them to the Semple house, and lay them in, and around, his friend's coffin One white lily he kept in his hand as he carandson, with eyes fixed on its beauty

"Lysbet," he said,--but he clasped George's hand as he spoke--"My Lysbet, if in the Dead Valley of this earth grow such heavenly flowers as this, ill not fear the grave It is only to sleep on the breast that gives us the lily and the rose, and the wheat, and the corn Oh, hoeet is this flower! It has the scent of Paradise"

He laid it gently dohile he put off his fine broadcloth coat and lace ruffles and assu vest and silk skull cap, which was his home dress; then he put it in a buttonhole of his vest, and seerance With these preliminaries neither Joris nor Lysbet interfered; but when he had lit his long pipe and seated himself comfortably in his chair, Lysbet said-"Where hast thou been all this afternoon?"

"I have been sealing up my friend's desk and drawers until his sons arrive Very happy he looks He is now ONE OF THOSE THAT KNOW"

"Well, then, after the long strife, 'He Rests'"

"Men have written it What know they about it? Rest would not be heaven toHis Will, that would be his delight"

"I wonder, Joris, if in the next life we shall know each other?"

"My Lysbet, in this life do we know each other?"

"I think not Here has come our dear Joris full of trouble to thee, for his father has said such things as I could not have believed Joris, tell thy grandfather what they are"

And this ti very sure of hearty sy--perhaps even with a little anger His grandfather listened patiently to the youth's impatience, but he did not answer exactly to his expectations

"My Joris," he said, "so hard it is to accept what goes against our wishes If Cornelia Moran you had not met, would your father's desires be so ienerous would they not seem--"