things in the future. Having spoken these
words of comfort, I rose with the resolution that
if I recovered my health I would take her home
with me, whether mother was willing or not."

"I don't know what your mother would do
without her; still, I wish she was away."

Susan now came for her long absent husband,
and they returned home to their room.

The month of November was one of great
anxiety on James's account. He was rapidly
wasting away.

A celebrated physician was called, and per-
formed a surgical operation, as a last means.
Should this fail, there was no hope. Of course
he was confined wholly to his room, mostly to
his bed. With all his bodily suffering, all his
anxiety for his family, whom he might not live
to protect, he did not forget Frado. He shielded
her from many beatings, and every day imparted
religious instructions. No one, but his wife,
could move him so easily as Frado; so that in
addition to her daily toil she was often deprived
of her rest at night.

Yet she insisted on being called; she wished
to show her love for one who had been such a