chair upon the floor of her cabin insensible. The people lifted her
up and laid her upon the bed, but she never came to consciousness.
She lay without sense or motion until the next day, when she died.
The slaves said, "Old Marcia's heart broke."

Thus little Tidy was left alone in the world, without a single relative
to love her. Didn't she care much about it? That happened thirty
years ago, and she can not speak of it even now without tears.
But she comforts herself by saying, "I shall meet them in heaven."
Annie may not yet have arrived at that blessed home; but Marcia has
rejoiced all these years in the presence of the Lord she loved,
and has found, by a glad experience, that the happiness of heaven
can compensate for all the trials of earth.

"For God has marked each sorrowing day,
And numbered every secret tear;
And heaven's long age of bliss shall pay
For all his children suffer here."

And now I must tell you of another death which occurred about this
same time. It was that of Colonel Lee. He had been a rich and a
proud man, and it would seem, that, like the rich man in the parable,
he had had all his good things in this life; and now that he had
come to the gates of death, he found himself in a sadly destitute
and lamentable condition. He was afraid to die; and when he came
to the very last, his shrieks of terror and distress were fearful.
His mind was wandering, and he fancied some strong being was binding
him with chains and shackles. He screamed for help, and even called
for Rosa, his faithful old servant, to come and help him.