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"Well, that's precisely the thing he can't do in this family," said mother sternly. "What do you think, father?" asked Laddie. "I think Amen! to that proposition," said father; "but I would have to take time to thresh it out completely. It appeals to me that Leon is old enough to recognize the value of the animal; and that the care of it would develop and strengthen his character.
Heretofore the persons prayed for had been comparative strangers, people in whom he felt only the interest a pastor feels in all his flock, but now it was Anna, whose case he took to God, and he always smothered a sob during the moment he waited for the fervent response the congregation made, the "Amen" which came from the pew where Lucy sat sounding louder and heartier than all the rest, and having in it a sound of the tears which fell so fast on Lucy's book as she asked that Anna might not die.
And to this natural question Dick had nothing to say. "It seems," murmured the old man mournfully, "that Mr. Crisp, with all his kindness, felt that the name should perish also. Well, amen, amen. Will you give me your arm, sir?" So, arm in arm, they passed from the pretty garden of sleep. Dick was really moved, and the impulse stirred within him to make full confession there and then.
Judge you if my tale be true, and whether I am indeed Neter-Tua, Daughter of Amen," and opening the wrappings about her throat, she showed the holy sign that was stamped above her breast, adding: "The High-Priest yonder should know this mark, for he saw it at my birth." Now the aged man drew near, looked, and said: "It is the sign. Here shines the Star of Amen and no other.
And when in your ripe and honoured old age you shall sit with your husband, in a garden of your own planting, in the lands far away, and see your grandchildren playing around you, you shall think of the words of the wild, lost gipsy woman, who gave you her best blessing before she went away and was seen no more." Mrs. Buckley tried to say "Amen," but found herself crying.
"Amen; so be it; God forbid that I should grudge the aged patriarch his few remaining days upon earth days, too, upon which his soul's immortal welfare may depend," said Thurston. "But, dearest girl, it is more difficult to get a reply from you than from a prime minister. Answer, now, once for all, sweet girl! since I am forever bound to you; will you pledge yourself to become my own dear wife?"
'I am a divine father of the Temple of Amen Ra and perhaps I can help you. 'Well, said Cyril, 'we've come from the great Empire on which the sun never sets. 'I thought somehow that you'd come from some odd, out-of-the-way spot, said the priest with courtesy. 'And we've seen a good many palaces. We thought we should like to see a Temple, for a change, said Robert.
"If thy heart and hands are empty, the duties of thy realm shall fill them. "Thou shalt keep thy vow! "Thou shalt make none other; none other may be so holy for thee. "Thou hast tasted joy and found it bitter; in duty shalt thou find sweetness and strength. "And the Lord thy God, and the Madonna and the Holy Christus shall bless thee. Amen. "I have the revelation!"
I go my lawyer next day. You see my Will, squire. Years ago, and little Harry so high. Old Sewis not the man to change. He no turncoat, squire. God bless you, my master; you recollect, and ladies tell you if you forget, old Sewis no turncoat. You hate turncoat. You taught old Sewis, and God bless you, and Mr. Harry, and British Constitution, all Amen! With that he bounded to bed.
Finally he laid his hands upon my head, and pronounced in his even, resonant voice the words: "My son, may the blessing of Our Heavenly Father be upon thee, and may He always preserve thee in faithfulness, loving-kindness, and meekness. Amen." I was entirely happy. Tears of joy coursed down my face as I kissed the hem of his cassock and then raised my head again.
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