Stories Worth Rereading by Various
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the room. When, an hour after, he returned, and with a more subdued manner
took part in the entertainment of the bridal guests, no one could fail to read that he had determined to banish the enemy forever from his princely home.--"_Touching Incidents and Remarkable Answers to Prayer."_ A MOTHER'S SORROW A company of Southern ladies, assembled in a parlor, were one day talking about their different troubles. Each had something to say about her own trials. But there was one in the company, pale and sad-looking, who for a while remained silent. Suddenly rousing herself, she said:-- "My friends, you do not any of you know what trouble is." "Will you please, Mrs. Gray," said the kind voice of one who knew her story, "tell the ladies what you call trouble?" "I will, if you desire it; for, in the words of the prophet, 'I am the one who hath seen affliction.' "My parents were very well off; and my girlhood was surrounded by all the comforts of life. Every wish of my heart was gratified, and I was cheerful and happy. "At the age of nineteen I married one whom I loved more than all the world besides. Our home was retired; but the sun never shone upon a lovelier spot |
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