the night. They'd got the photograph of the little grandchildren, and I
could see the old woman had been crying.

"'We shan't see them in this world now,' said Joe.

"I thought he was considering the money and began to talk.

"'No!' he said, 'it isn't that. The money was a bit of a sacrifice at
the time, but I can see now why He asked me for it, and how thankful I
am, as things have turned out, that I didn't refuse to do that little
thing for Him. After you'd gone yesterday,' he went on, 'I felt so
poorly that when the doctor came to see that poor girl I told him what I
felt like. He looked a bit queer at first, and then he said:

"'"Well, Joe," he said, "I know very well that you're not afraid of
death, so I won't beat about the bush," he said.

"'Thank you, doctor,' I said.

"'"Of course," he said, "I can't be certain, but I'm afraid it's cancer,
and I can only say that I'll make it as easy for you as I can." He's a
kind man, Mr Charter, though he's reckoned rough. Well, you can imagine
how my first feeling was of thankfulness that I'd been kept in the love
of God, and not held back for my own pleasure the money he was needing.
_He_ knew, you see, that I shouldn't want it, and he sent that poor girl
to be looked after by someone as had money to spare.

'"I'll bless the Hand that guided,
I'll bless the Heart that planned,
When throned where glory dwelleth,