. Mary Holmes; or, Pride and repentance . ed that as she was not too old todie, she was not too old to obey the and weeks rapidly passed away,and the cool October winds whispered tothe flowers and trees that winter was fastapproaching. Then the trees decked them-selves in a gorgeous robe of gold, garnet,and purple, and the flowers bowed theirmeek heads, and wraited the coming of thefrost-king, whose kiss was death. In allthese weeks, Susan and Mary had been veryhappy. Faithful in their attendance atchurch and Sunday-school, gentle in their 46 MARY HOLMES; OR, manners to their playm
. Mary Holmes; or, Pride and repentance . ed that as she was not too old todie, she was not too old to obey the and weeks rapidly passed away,and the cool October winds whispered tothe flowers and trees that winter was fastapproaching. Then the trees decked them-selves in a gorgeous robe of gold, garnet,and purple, and the flowers bowed theirmeek heads, and wraited the coming of thefrost-king, whose kiss was death. In allthese weeks, Susan and Mary had been veryhappy. Faithful in their attendance atchurch and Sunday-school, gentle in their 46 MARY HOLMES; OR, manners to their playmates, and deferen-tial to older persons, they had won thelove of all. Although never rude or gid-dy, they, were so undeviatingly cheerful,and joinedin the innocent amusements oftheir young companions with such heartygood-will, that becoming a Christian hadbeen divested of much of its gloom andsuperstitious terror; and their examplewas soon followed by many of their com-panions, for, in that way, too, these youngChristians preached PEIDE AND EEPENTANCE. 47 CHAPTER III. V EYEEAL weeks had passed NG away without any incidentsworth recording, when Marycame in one day from thebarn, highly elated, and toldher mother that she hadfound a nest containing sixeggs—little white eggs—which she wassure belonged to her banta. Perhaps it is Loiss hens nest, saidMrs. Holmes. Well, how am I to find out, mamma?I want so much to know, because—be-cause— Because what? asked her mother,
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