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Updated: June 8, 2025
In her heart Miss Bethia knew that it was quite as well for all concerned that she was to be left behind, still it pleased her to hear David's wish. She had had a pleasant summer as well as the rest; but she was not so strong as she used to be, and needed quiet.
"Violet is at school," said he, "and all the rest." "Best place for them," said Miss Bethia. "Where is Debby?" "She has gone home for a day or two. Her sister is sick." "She is coming back, is she? I heard your mother was going to try and get along without her this winter. That won't pay. `Penny wise and pound foolish' that would be," said Miss Bethia. David said nothing to this.
'Indeed, Miss, I couldn't help it! Molly took the note, but before she could open it, her father said, 'That's all, my dear; you need not read it. Give it to me. Tell those who sent you, Bethia, that all letters for Miss Molly must pass through my hands. Now be off with you, goosey, and go back to where you came from. 'Papa, I shall make you tell me who my correspondent is.
Papa said, the other day, that victory must mean more to the man who has gone through the war, than to him who has hardly had time to strike a blow. Even before the victory it must be grand, he said, to be able to say like Paul, `I have fought the good fight; I have kept the faith. And, perhaps, Miss Bethia, your crown may be brighter than your little sister's, after all."
But David was very grave and quiet, and Miss Bethia, for a good while, did not seem to hear a word, or to notice what was going on.
But grace abounds, and you can have it for the asking." "But, Miss Bethia, if you mean this because you expect me to be a minister, like papa, I am not sure, and you may be disappointed and then " "There ain't much one can be sure of in this world," said Miss Bethia, with a sigh. "But I can wait. You are young there's time enough.
"I am sure you must have seen a great deal in your life, Miss Bethia, and might tell us a great many things to do us good," said Violet, but she did not speak very enthusiastically, for she was not very fond of Miss Bethia's good advice any more than her brothers; and little Jessie got them happily out of the difficulty, by asking: "What did you use to do when you were a little girl, Aunt Bethia?"
"She is not afraid of well, of principalities and powers, I tell you. Don't she fight great eh, Davie?" "Aunt Bethia is a very good woman, and it depends on what you call fighting," said David, dubiously. "Yes, Miss Bethia is a soldier. And as for old Mr Penn, I've seen him fight very hard to keep awake in meeting," said Jem, laughing.
Davie was to go to college, and there should be a new bell to the church, and a new fence to the grave-yard, and Miss Bethia was to have a silk gown of any colour she liked, and a knocker to her front door.
"Just as if there wasn't enough waste land in the country, but they must take the home of a solitary old woman to put their depots, and their engines, and their great wood-piles on," said Miss Bethia, making a martyr of herself.
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