I don't take much stock in the idea of meeting folks in heaven.

Guess mother won't remember the poor little brat she left so long ago; why should she ?' 'Because true mothers never forget their children; and I know she was one, from the fact that she ran away from the cruel husband, to save her little son from bad influences.

Had she lived, life would have been happier for you, with this tender friend to help and comfort you.

Never forget that she risked everything for your sake, and don't let it be in vain.' Mrs Jo spoke very earnestly, knowing that this was the one sweet memory of Dan's early life, and glad to have recalled it at this moment; for suddenly a great tear splashed down on the page where Sintram kneels at his mother's feet, wounded, but victorious over sin and death.

She looked up, well pleased to have touched Dan to the heart's core, as that drop proved; but a sweep of the arm brushed away the tell-tale, and his beard hid the mate to it, as he shut the book, saying with a suppressed quiver in his strong voice: 'I'll keep this, if nobody wants it.