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some little proof of bis affection. And so>

in the silence of the evening, he had come
quietly into the churchyard, and as he placed

his simple flowers, he said, half aloud to
himself: ' His sister will come here to­

morrow when I am gone. She will see my
poor little cross, but will not know that I

kissed it, saying “ God bless her now and
always } " *

If his eyes had not been blinded with

tears he would have seen that another figure
had approached the grave-side, and that he

was not alone. A gentle, trembling hand
touched him ; he looked up, and knew to

his great joy that she was with him once
more.

‘ I felt compelled to come here to-night,'

she said, with her eyes upon the grave, ‘ but
little thought that I should meet you. I
heard that you had gone away.’

*1 go to-morrow,' he said. f You will

come here often, and I know that in thinking
of dear Fairbrass your thoughts will turn to

me, and you will remember that we were