“Not soon! Oh, my darling, not soon! don’t say it!” cried the poor farmer’s wife.
“Yes, very soon. Don’t cry, mother dear.”
And Margaret was right. Only a few days more, and the setting sun shed its warm light upon her grave.
This is a very, very sad story; and perhaps has brought tears into the eyes of some of my dear little readers. I hardly know why I have told it, except that my stories would not be like reality, if they were always happy. The world has shadows as well as sunshine.
PUZZLE-PAGE.
Now here are six objects for you to find out. One begins with B, one with C, one with D, one with F, one with G, and one with J. My little boy found them all out in less than five minutes.
