degrees from saddened motherhood to
triumphant woman! Then came: `He
is not dead, He but sleeps; He will
rise again, for He is the best beloved
of the Father!' ''

``Still, fate can rob us of our patrimony,''
she replied, after a pause.

``Not while life is here and eternity
beyond,'' he said, reassuringly.

``What if a soul lies dormant and
will not arouse?'' she asked.

``There are souls that have no motive
low enough for earth, but only high
enough for heaven,'' he said, with evident
intention, looking almost directly
at her.

``Then one must come who speaks
in nature's tongue,'' she continued.

``And the soul will then awake,'' he
added earnestly.

``But is there such a one?'' she
asked.