StNicholas . nd I 11 break it to her. You re right, answers the father, pressinghis hands against his temples, and steadying him-self by the wall. But you wont keep me waitinglong, will you ? Mr. Haliburton Todd knocks at the door, and islet in by Ben. Oh, Mr. Todd, how good you are! Thankyou a hundred thousand times 1 cry both thechildren at once. Well, I m glad if you ve enjoyed my littlegifts, he answers. But I ve been thinking that 112 AN ANGEL IN AN ULSTER. [December, your good mother ought to have a httle of thecheer of this Christmas as well as you. Just what we said, answers Ben. Mrs.
StNicholas . nd I 11 break it to her. You re right, answers the father, pressinghis hands against his temples, and steadying him-self by the wall. But you wont keep me waitinglong, will you ? Mr. Haliburton Todd knocks at the door, and islet in by Ben. Oh, Mr. Todd, how good you are! Thankyou a hundred thousand times 1 cry both thechildren at once. Well, I m glad if you ve enjoyed my littlegifts, he answers. But I ve been thinking that 112 AN ANGEL IN AN ULSTER. [December, your good mother ought to have a httle of thecheer of this Christmas as well as you. Just what we said, answers Ben. Mrs. Johnson colors a little, but before she canspeak, Mr. Todd goes on. Pardon me, madam,but what your minister told me yesterday of your just now, in the street, an old friend of mine—andof yours — who knows a good deal about it. AndI want to assure you, before he comes in, that —that the story as it reached you — was — was con-siderably exaggerated, that is all. Excuse me, andI will send in my affairs has led me to take a deep interest in long is it since your husband left home? More than two years, answers the lady. You have had no direct intelligence from himsince he went away ? None at all, save the painful news of the lossof his vessel, with all on board. Have you ever learned the full particulars ofthe ship%vreck ? No; how could I? Mrs. Johnson turns sud-denly pale. Be calm, I beseech you, my dear lady. I didnot suppose that you could have heard. But I met Mr. Todd quickly withdraws. The color comesand goes upon the mothers face. MercifulFather! she cries, what does it all mean? She rises from the chair; the door that has left ajar gently opens, and quickly will not open it again just now. That placeis too sacred for prying eyes. It is a great cry ofjoy that fills the ears and the eyes of Mr. Hali-burton Todd, as he goes softly down the stairs, andwalks away to his hotel. An hour later, when the shock of the joy is overa little,
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