She had no defence to make at any human tribunal.
"Why have you done this, Jessie ?" demanded her aunt.
"Forgive my reply, Aunt Phoebe; I can make no other now.

_The reason is with God and my own heart._ He can look deeper than any human eyes have power to see; and comprehend more than I can put in words.
My cause is with Him.

If my burdens are too heavy, He will not turn from me because I fall fainting by the way." "Jessie, what is the meaning of this ?" Mrs.Loring spoke in a suddenly changed voice, and coming close to her niece, looked earnestly into her face.

"Here is a bad bruise on your right cheek, and another on the temple just above.

And the skin is inflamed around the edges of these bruises, showing them to be recent.