The day after the youthful woman's death, kind Mrs. Newton came intothe chamber where her cold body was laid out on the bed; and there washer husband, a youthful, strong-looking man, sitting beside it; hiselbows were on his knees, and his face was hid inside his open arms.

Mrs. Newton had the baby inside her arms, and she spoke to its father asshe came in; he looked up to her; his own face was as pale as death;and he looked at her without saying a word. She saw he was in toomuch grief either to speak or weep. So she went over silently to him,and put the little baby into his arms, and then exclaimed, "May the Lordlook down with pity on you both."

As soon as the unhappy young man heard these compassionate words,and saw the face of his beautiful, peaceful babe, he burst into tears;they rolled in large drops down on the infant's head.