I shall be waiting you. There love and friendship--unsullied and
unruffled--without passion or misconception--will give perpetual
happiness.'
* * * * *
And so she passed away. This is the tenth anniversary of her death. We
bore hither all that was left of her to us, and Frank's chisel has
marked her resting place. Her children are beside her, and I wait
impatiently the time when I may enter with them on that existence where
the budding affections of earth shall blossom into immortal enjoyment.
* * * * *
As Mr. Bell ceased his narrative, I pressed his hand, and without words
departed.
About noon next day the rumor circulated through the streets that he was
dead. I hastened to his house, and learned that it was true. He had been
found at a late hour of the morning lying on his bed, dressed as I had
left him. Physicians made an examination of the corpse, and attributed
the cause to apoplexy. I did not lament him, for I knew his spirit was
in the embrace of the loved ones who went before him.
* * * * *
SELF-RELIANCE.
When the eaglets' tender wings are feathered
The old eagles crowd them from the nest;
Down they flutter till their plumes have gathered
Strength to lift them to the granite crest
Of the hills their eldest sires possessed.
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