his fierce pride he had refused to reveal to her the fine character of
his wife.

He rushed out of the door, resolved to find what had become of her. She
was sitting on the steps of the house. As she saw him, she crouched down
like a wounded bird, which cannot get away, yet must not be seen. He
took her up into his arms, and carried her indoors.

"Let me stay, Edward--let me stay!" she said.

He bent over her and kissed her.

"God's ways! God's ways!" said Ole Tuft, as he and Edward and Josephine
walked slowly towards his house through the empty streets in the early
morning.

"But I still cannot share your faith," Kallem said.

"It matters not," said the minister. "There where good people walk, are
God's ways."

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WILLIAM BLACK