"Mortals flee from doubt and sorrow,
God provideth for the morrow."

Mrs. Newton found that Mr. Marsden, that was the name of Fanny's
father, was all that she could desire Fanny's father to be:--a
Christian in deed and in truth; one thankful to God and to her, for
the preservation and care of his child; and who would not willingly
separate Fanny from her, or let her leave Fanny.

As he found Mrs. Newton did not wish to leave kind Mr. Walton's
neighborhood, and that his daughter was attached to it also, Mr.
Marsden took some land and a nice farm-house, not far from the Manor
House, where Mr. Walton lived. He had heard all about the half-
sovereign, and loved his little flower-girl before he saw her.

So Mrs. Newton had to leave her widow's house; and she shed tears of
joy, and regret, and thankfulness, as she did so; she had been happy
there, and had had God's blessing upon her and her dear girl.

But Fanny was glad to receive her dear, dear grandmother into her
own father's house; her own house too; and she threw her arms round
the old lady's neck, when they got there, and kissed her over and
over again, and said, "Ah! grandmother, do you recollect when I was a
little girl tying up my flowers while you lay sick in bed, I used to
say so often--

"'Mortals flee from doubt and sorrow,
God provideth for the morrow.'"

They had a large garden at the farm-house, and Fanny and Mrs. Newton