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When she had signed her naured with the joy she foresaw for others, and she thought not of her own gain, though it was great--even the riches of that divine self- culture, that coh self-sacrifice She calculated her letter would reach Cornelia about the end of Septeht, would brighten her life And without pere in his love affair, she very often led the conversation to Cornelia, and to the circu to talk on this subject, and thus she learned so much about Arenta, and Madame Jacobus, and Rem Van Ariens, that the people became her familiars Arenta particularly interested her, and she spoke and thought continually of the gay little Dutch girl aht of her ended ever in a silent prayer for her safety "I o and help her," she said to Hyde, "a city full of blood, must be a city full of evil spirits, and she will need the wings of angels round her--like a pavilion--so when she coo to her' And I think she reat strait now, or I should not feel so constrained to pray for her"
"And you believe such prayer avails for deliverance, Annie?"
"I am sure it avails When we invoke earnestly and sincerely the help of any higher and stronger intelligence than ourselves, the angels are with us They come when the heart calls them; for they are appointed to be ministers unto those who shall inherit eternal life" And Hyde listened silently, yet the words fell into his deepest consciousness, and after th and consolation when he needed it Thus it is, that a good wo by the altar of the heart, thus it is, that the very noblest education any ets is what soives him
Certainly the letter sent to Cornelia sped on its way all the ood wishes and unselfish prayers accoht have known it was the bearer of good tidings; for if there had been one of the reat deep at the helone , nearly a week in advance of Annie's calculation, the wonderful letter was put into Cornelia's hand She was passing through the hall on her way to her rooht in the er without any feeling but one of curiosity concerning it The handwriting was strange, it was an English letter, what could it mean?