Phils Father signs the Pledge. Page 193.
"I am willing; and I feel a hope, even now, madam, that God has heard your prayer for a poor wretch like me."
"Sign, then; and God bless you, and enable you to keep this solemn covenant with him."
She took the writing materials from the bureau, and my father, with trembling hand, wrote his name upon the pledge.
"May God enable me to keep it!" said he, fervently, as he completed the flourish beneath the signature.
"Amen!" ejaculated Mrs. Greenough. "May you be as faithful as he was whose name is on the paper with you."
"Stimulated by his example, and by your kindness, I trust I shall be," said my father.
Mrs. Greenough then provided a light supper for him, of which he partook, and very soon retired. I told my kind landlady that I had recovered my money, and should now be able to pay my father's board for a time. She had not thought of that matter, and would be glad to take care of him for nothing if she could only save him. As I went to bed I could not but congratulate myself upon finding such a kind and devoted friend as she had proved to be.