Blind Girl, or, The Story of Little Vendla . for all those whohad gone astray, and would now return likelost sheep to the heavenly fold. The story of a wild and wandering life waswritten on Stinas fdstman. His heart atleast was not all hardness ; for when the pastortook him by the hand, when prayers wereover, and welcomed him back to old Sweden,who had need of all her honest sons, he drewhis hand over his eyes, and looked the pictureof a big penitent boy. The fdstman was accommodated with a bedin the attic; and early the next morning hewas off, leaving his thanks for the pastor andhis wife for
Blind Girl, or, The Story of Little Vendla . for all those whohad gone astray, and would now return likelost sheep to the heavenly fold. The story of a wild and wandering life waswritten on Stinas fdstman. His heart atleast was not all hardness ; for when the pastortook him by the hand, when prayers wereover, and welcomed him back to old Sweden,who had need of all her honest sons, he drewhis hand over his eyes, and looked the pictureof a big penitent boy. The fdstman was accommodated with a bedin the attic; and early the next morning hewas off, leaving his thanks for the pastor andhis wife for their kindness. Stina asked no more questions of pedlarsand people about America, nor did she talkof her fdstman. The family knew that everymonth came l .dL.*( j Stina, written in queercrooked characters, such as a man might well 80 SOMETHING LOST AND SOMETHING FOUND. trace with his left hand. After these lettersshe had long fits of thinking; but, on thewhole, was more cheerful and pleasant thanshe had been since she came to the chapter vrr. OUT OF THE PAST. |ITTLE by little Vendla had come tobe a sharer in the sports as well asthe lessons of the pastors blind-mans-buff she was as goodif not better than the rest; and asfor riddles and conundrums round the twilightfire, no one guessed them more readily thanshe. Of another sort of play she was especi-ally fond—this was acting over the scenes andevents in the history of Sweden. It waswonderful to see the little blind child happyin fancying herself now the little Margareta, awife and a queen at eleven years of age; andnow Christina, taking leave of her court; and (791) Q 82 OUT OF THE PAST. now the stern old widowed queen Ligrid, burn-ing her lovers when she found them too trouble-some. This kind of play was a favouritewith all the children; and one spring after-noon they resolved upon getting up a represen-tation in peculiarly fine style. Papa was away from home on business ofespecial importance, and mam
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