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Updated: June 10, 2025
"There will be so much for me to tell mother," she thought, a little uneasily, hoping that soon she would again have no secrets to conceal. When Faith came down-stairs she found Esther waiting to see her; and, in response to Faith's questioning look, she nodded and smiled reassuringly.
There was a little silence, for the father and mother knew that their pleasant home on the slope of the hillside would be a very different place without their little maid. "But of course we would not think of Brandon," continued Faith's father.
Take the remainder of the fire-balls, Hubert, and cast them into some of the old houses in Crooked-lane." Hubert prepared to obey. "I will go with you, and point out the best spots," said Chowles. "Our next place of rendezvous must be the vaults beneath Saint Faith's." "Agreed!" exclaimed the others.
Gladys walked along the soft grass behind Faith, and the bubbling little stream swirled around its stones and gently bent its grasses as it ran through the meadow. In a minute Faith's practiced eye caught sight of a dark object on a stone directly in front of them. It was a turtle sunning himself.
The daily word on the morning of their embarkation on a mission which so often appeared to baffle all hope, was, 'Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. "We view Him, whom no eye can see, With faith's keen vision stedfastly."
The names of the Christian prisoners were called out, and the imperial soldiers led them all together to one spot. Neither my name nor hers was called, for I did not belong to the prisoners, and she had not been apprehended for the faith's sake. The officer was rolling up his list, when Magdalen rose and stepped modestly forward, saying with quiet dignity, 'I too am a Christian.
Pranker's," said the doctor, stopping at the third door in a block of factory houses, "and it's a sister-in-law of hers who wants to 'hire out. I've a patient in the next row, and if you like, I'll leave you here a few minutes." Faith's foot was instantly on the chaise step, and she sprang to the ground with only an acknowledging touch of the good doctor's hand, upheld to aid her.
"What do you hear of Lou Willis?" asked her mother after a moment. "That poor girl who was arrested for stealing jewelry." "She has just come back from serving her sentence," was Faith's answer, "and Mr. Denton is considering whether he had better reinstate her." "It will be a great risk," said Mr.
Faith asked anxiously. "Ay, that I did. If he was for giving his money away, I'd take it fast enough. The gold gave father boots for a year. Why should I mind?" Faith's face suffused. How low was Eglington's estimate of humanity! In the silence that followed the door of her room opened, and her father entered. He held in one hand a paper, in the other a candle.
Watkins told her briefly of his recovery and his prospects for the future. "I am to have the same position; only a much larger salary," he said, brightly, "which will enable us to live in comfort without Sam's working. He can go to day school for at least another year." "Everything is shining with hope down here," was Faith's answer. "Really, Mr. Watkins, you will be astonished at the changes."
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