"Don't mind it, I was never before so happy as now; my peace is like a river--calm, deep, and ever increasing as it nears the ocean of eternity.

I'm going home!" And his smile was both bright and sweet.
"Oh, would you not live--for your mother's sake?
and to work for your Master ?" "Gladly, if it were His will; but I hear Him saying to me, 'Come up hither'; and it is a joyful summons." "Harold, when----" her voice faltered, but with an effort she completed her sentence--"when did this begin ?" "At Andersonville; I was in perfect health when I entered the army," he answered quickly, divining the fear that prompted the question; "but bad air, foul water, wretched and insufficient food, rapidly and completely undermined my constitution.

Yet it is sweet to die for one's country! I do not grudge the price I pay to secure her liberties." Elsie's eyes sparkled through her tears.

"True patriotism still lives!" she said.

"Harold, I am proud of you and your brothers.