"I fear so. Oh, Tom, what must it be to leave a baby behind on the cold world."
Tom kissed her hand again, and then said softly, "You often say, mamma, we must trust everything to Jesus; I suppose, if she loved Him—"
"Yes, my dear," she answered, rousing herself; "that is the only way. 'Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.'"
She bent down and kissed his pale little face.
"So Tom has turned comforter," she said, smiling softly, and looking at him.
"When shall we get there?" asked Tom presently.
"Very soon; we are just up the second hill, and soon we shall have a third. That shows how high it is, Tom."
"Here is the Heath," exclaimed his mother; "and here are the donkeys Christina so dislikes! And now we turn down to the left, and shall be there in a moment."
As she spoke they drew up at Sunnyside. There at the gate stood Christina and Ada, while just inside the garden they could see Nellie, Isabel, and Netta, who had already arrived. Walter came forward when he heard the carriage, for he had been specially invited for the grand occasion.
"Where is Dr. Arundel?" said Christina, looking astonished when he did not appear.