easel before him, I draw the curtain that shuts him out of your sight
and mine, beloved, and that closes him into the sacred radiance of his
own happy home. Let us leave him there within the veil, within the
veil.




ADDENDA

[For School Teachers Only.]

As I vexed no one with a preface at the beginning of this story, I
allow myself the privilege of a few reflections at its close.

If the Evolution of "Dodd" has seemed slow, or if it has appeared,
sometimes, as if the life, whose growth I have traced, began on a very
low plane and progressed almost imperceptibly, let it be remembered
that this is the ordinary course of nature. It is the way of the
world. From the primordial germ to the soul of a man is a long, long
distance; and often and often, in the upward march of life, the path
seems to turn upon itself and go backward. It is even so in the life
of every one who eventually reaches the goal. The way to final victory
is marked by a succession of advances, battles, and retreats. This
also is ordained.

The physical body of man, from the time of its inception till the close
of its career, passes through all the varied stages of animal life--the
germ, the cell, and the changes that these are subject to in animal
existence--that is, being the highest form of material life, man bears,