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Val the letter drop, she

covered her face with her hands and burst into a flood of tears, as she

realised that her best friend had slipped away from her In the

trouble and anxiety which had latterly clouded her life, she had often

been coht that at all events there was one warm

heart and home open to her, but now all was lost, and her loneliness

and friendlessness pressed heavily upon her Sob after sob shook her

whole fraain

"Well, well," he said, "to think that John, o

before me! Poor fellow, bâch! To be taken so suddenly and unprepared

as he was"

"Oh, no, uncle," said Valmai, between her sobs, "he was not unprepared

There never was a kinder soul, a enerous Oh, you don't kno good he was to the poor, how kind and

gentle to every one who suffered! Oh, God has hi

so down to his dinner, "on't

argue about it now, but some day, Valmai, I would like to explain to

you the difference between that natural goodness and the saving grace

which is necessary for salvation Come to dinner, Valmai I wonder

howGwen

"You've got to go down and settle that," she answered "Will I tell