And I felt her sacred tears upon my face, and she crept to me—oh, not royally, not royally, like a wife who was wronged, but like the sweetest woman in the world, who clung to me because she could not help it, and would not if she could....
But when we turned our footsteps toward the light, and came out together, hand in hand, there was our little boy, at play upon the bed of crimson moss, and smiling like the face of joy eternal.
So his mother held out her arms, and the child ran into them. And when we came to ourselves, we blessed Almighty God.
Perceiving that inquiry will be raised touching the means by which I have been enabled to give this record to the living earth, I have this reply to make:
That is my secret. Let it remain such.
THE END.
THE FAMILY GIFT SERIES.
1 The Swiss Family Robinson. With 200 Engravings.
2 Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Memoir. 100 Illusts.
3 Robinson Crusoe. Memoir and many Engravings.
4 Sandford and Merton. With 100 Engravings.
5 Famous Boys, and How they became Great Men.
6 Fifty Celebrated Women. With Portraits, &c.
7 The Gentlemen Adventurers. W. H. G. KINGSTON.
8 Evenings at Home. With many Illustrations.
9 The Adventures of Captain Hatteras.
By JULES VERNE. With Coloured Plates.
10 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
By JULES VERNE. With Coloured Plates.
11 The Wonderful Travels. By the same. Col. Plates.
12 The Moon Voyage. JULES VERNE. Coloured Plates.
13 Getting On in the World. By W. MATHEWS, LL.D.
14 The Boy's Own Book of Manufactures and
Industries of the World. With 365 Engravings.
15 Great Inventors: The Sources of their Usefulness, and
the Results of their Efforts. With 109 Engravings.
16 The Marvels of Nature. With 400 Engravings.
17 The Boy's Own Sea Stories. With page Engravings.
18 Grimm's Fairy Tales. With many Illustrations.
19 Fifty Celebrated Men. With Portraits.
20 The Wonders of the World. With 123 Engravings.
21 Triumphs of Perseverance and Enterprise. Illust.
22 Keble's Christian Year. With page Engravings.
23 A Face Illumined. By E. P. ROE.
24 The Scottish Chiefs. By Miss JANE PORTER.
25 What Can She Do? By E. P. ROE.
26 Barriers Burned Away. By E. P. ROE.
27 Opening of a Chestnut Burr. By E. P. ROE.
28 Orange Blossoms. By T. S. ARTHUR. Illustrated.
29 Mary Bunyan. By S. R. FORD.
30 Margaret Catchpole. By Rev. R. COBBOLD.
31 Julamerk; or, The Converted Jewess. By Mrs. WEBB.
33 Amy and Hester; or, The Long Holidays. Illustrated.
34 Edwin and Mary; or, The Mother's Cabinet. Illustrated.
35 Wonders and Beauties of the Year. H. G. ADAMS.
36 Modern Society. By CATHERINE SINCLAIR.
37 Beatrice. By CATHERINE SINCLAIR.
38 Looking Heavenward: A Series of Tales and Sketches
for the Young. With numerous Illustrations.
39 Life's Contrasts; or, The Four Homes. Illustrated.
40 Nature's Gifts, and How we Use Them. Illust.
41 Pilgrims Heavenward: Counsel and Encouragement.
42 Children's Hymns and Rhymes. Illustrated.
43 Preachers and Preaching, in Ancient and Modern
Times. By Rev. HENRY CHRISTMAS. With Portraits.
44 Character and Culture. By the BISHOP OF DURHAM.
45 Popular Preachers: Their lives and their Works.
46 Boy's Handy Book of Games and Sports, Illust.
47 Boy's Handy Book of Natural History. Illust.
48 A Knight of the Nineteenth Century. E. P. ROE.
49 Near to Nature's Heart. By E. P. ROE.
50 A Day of Fate. By E. P. ROE.
51 Odd or Even? By Mrs. WHITNEY.
52 Gutenburg, and the Art of Printing. Illustrated.
53 Uncle Mark's Money; or, More Ways than One.
54 Without a Home. By E. P. ROE.
55 The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. Illustrated.
56 Andersen's Popular Tales. Illustrated.
57 Andersen's Popular Stories. Illustrated.
58 Lion Hunting. By GERARD. Illust. by DORÉ and others.
59 The Backwoodsman. Ed. by Sir C. F. L. WRAXALL.
60 The Young Marooners. By F. R. GOULDING. Illust.
61 The Crusades and Crusaders. By J. G. EDGAR. Do.
62 Hunting Adventures in Forest and Field. Illust.
63 The Boy's Book of Modern Travel and Adventure.
64 Famous People and Famous Places. Illustrated.
65 Cheerful Homes; How to Get and Keep them. Author
of "Buy your Own Cherries." &c. (Also Cheap Edition)
66 Helen. By MARIA EDGEWORTH.
67 Our Helen. By SOPHIE MAY.
68 The Little Ragamuffins of Outcast London. By the
Author of "A Night in a Workhouse," &c. Illustrated.
69 Heaven's Messengers: A Series of Stirring Addresses.
70 From Log Cabin to White House: The Life of General
GARFIELD. Illustrated.
WARD, LOCK & CO., London. Melbourne, and New York.