"Of course he does," said Tom.
"And they start together, and the guide goes before in all the difficult places. He cares for the traveller; he holds him up; he assures him that he knows the way. As they mount higher, the guide cuts each step in the ice, and the traveller must put his foot where his guide's have been, with unquestioning faith: herein is his only safety."
"Will he grudge his confidence when the summit is reached, and they stand beneath the vault of heaven with nothing between?"
"So we, children, shall thank and praise our great Guide for His faithfulness, and shall know those words true by and bye—'He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life'!"
[CHAPTER IV.]
KEPT AT HOME.
TWO girls sat at a window in a cosy bedroom overlooking the snowy prospect; a bright fire burned in the grate, and a little table was spread with afternoon tea.
"I wish you could go out and skate, Mary!" said the elder of the two, laying a gentle hand on the other's white one, and looking in her face.
Mary shook her head with a little half-smile.
"I suppose I ought not to have said so," Dorothy went on, "for I expect it only makes you long the more—"