The child had sought for peace and joy from the great central source, and found it.
Everything was now delightful--all the clouds had passed--and a bright smile illumined her fresh face, and made the sunlight envious, as it poured its fresh golden radiance upon her brow and cheek.
Redbud had just closed her Bible, and was about to put it away upon the shelf, when a light step was heard in the room, and a laughing voice cried, "Well, miss!" and two white arms encircled her neck, two red lips imprinted a kiss upon her cheek.
The arms and the lips belonged to Fanny..