Moses turned away, and silently left the room, and Sally said to Mara,—
"You must lie down now, and rest."
"Sally," said Mara, "promise me one thing."
"Well, Mara; of course I will."
"Promise to love him and care for him when I am gone; he will be so lonely."
"I will do all I can, Mara," said Sally, soothingly; "so now you must take a little wine and lie down. You know what you have so often said, that all will yet be well with him."
"Oh, I know it, I am sure," said Mara, "but oh, his sorrow shook my very heart."
"You must not talk another word about it," said Sally, peremptorily, "Do you know Aunt Roxy is coming to see you? I see her out of the window this very moment."
And Sally assisted to lay her friend on the bed, and then, administering a stimulant, she drew down the curtains, and, sitting beside her, began repeating, in a soft monotonous tone, the words of a favorite hymn:—
"The Lord my shepherd is,
I shall be well supplied;
Since He is mine, and I am His,
What can I want beside?"