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"It is you, is it, uncle!" said Jennie; "your step was so ghost-like that I did not hear you enter." "I came very softly that I might not disturb you," replied Mr. Halberg; "you seem quite absorbed." "And so I was, dear uncle, endeavoring to gather somewhat of serenity from the quiet and beauty of nature."
Then turning to a point where she could see in the distance the dim form of Henry Moore, she took the seat that her cousin had vacated, and gave vent to a keener anguish, but how different! "Come, girls," said Mr. Halberg, as the young ladies descended from their rooms equipped for church, "the bell has been tolling for some time, I fear we shall be late.
"That seems so difficult," said Carrie, "I am afraid I could never learn to welcome a sorrow." "Not simply as a sorrow, my dear child," returned Mr. Halberg; "but as a means to a future good which could not be attained without it; there is a great deal that is hard for our sinful natures to comprehend; but there are spiritual aids of which we may all avail ourselves.
Halberg, meanwhile, had withdrawn the black vail which had obscured the portrait since his sister's marriage, and stood thoughtfully gazing upon the lovely features, and comparing them with those of the young girl, whose image filled his mind.
"Where's mother? we must have our circle complete to-night since Jennie will leave a vacant space on the morrow," he added with some emotion. "Here I am," replied Mrs. Halberg, hastening toward them from an adjoining apartment; "it is really very delightful to have you all gathered once more about me! Nellie has been a sad truant of late, and Rosalie has quite monopolized the other girls."
Old Simon tried to arouse and interest him, but he only shook his head, and looked about him with the old air of melancholy, and murmured, "Little Jennie dear little Jennie." "Simon," said Mrs. Halberg, as they were alighting from their carriage at the garden gate a few weeks after, "how has the old gentleman been during our absence? Does he seem any thing like his former self?"
Mrs. Halberg would remonstrate, and Ellen would sneer, as the young girl denied herself the companionship of her youthful associates in order to be with and cheer her aged relative; but Jennie would place her hand gently upon his silvery head, and say, in her quiet, subduing way, "It will not be very long, dear auntie!"
Halberg was beside her, and raising her gently he placed her upon the bed, and with a face as colorless and rigid as her own, awaited her return to consciousness, applying the proper restoratives with a calm and skillful hand. Carrie had loosened her dress, and as she did so, a miniature fell upon the bed.
Mamma says they are expected next month, and Carrie Halberg is to go to Madame La Blanche's school that's my friend, Carrie; she's such a dear good girl! You'll love her, Jennie, I know! But there's grandpa watching for us." The old man stood at the gate, leaning upon his cane and looking intently down the street toward the "old Buttonwood."
Halberg, "the trying dispensations of our life are wisely ordered, and who of us would dare to wish it otherwise!" "And yet it seems," said Mary, "as if sorrow never came to some people, they glide through the world so unruffled and cheerful!" "How little can we judge!" replied her father.
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