A night and a day : also Apple-tree court, and The worth of a baby . But he lingered on and on until the gray lightof morning dawned upon the comfortless had been asleep for the last two or threehours, his hand lying in his fathers, whose eyes. APPLE-TREE COURT, 105 were never turned away from him. Jeffery himselthad ahiiost fallen into a doze, when suddenly hewas aroused by Alicks low voice, so low that earsless quick could not have caught the whisper. Father, he said, youll forgive poor Jeffery .? Its very hard, answered his father. But he didnt know what he was going to do,said A
A night and a day : also Apple-tree court, and The worth of a baby . But he lingered on and on until the gray lightof morning dawned upon the comfortless had been asleep for the last two or threehours, his hand lying in his fathers, whose eyes. APPLE-TREE COURT, 105 were never turned away from him. Jeffery himselthad ahiiost fallen into a doze, when suddenly hewas aroused by Alicks low voice, so low that earsless quick could not have caught the whisper. Father, he said, youll forgive poor Jeffery .? Its very hard, answered his father. But he didnt know what he was going to do,said Alick. We must forgive him, you know; wemust, we must. Hush! hush! my boy, said Mr. Lancaster,you must keep quiet and go to sleep again. Yes,I forgive him, as God forgives me. Jeffery could not feel drowsy again. The tearsthat had sprung to his eyes rolled slowly down hisface, and others came, more and more quickly, untilhe buried his face in his hands and wept bitterly,as he had done when his own son died. The poorlittle lads first thought had been to forgive him !He could never get over that. If he would onlyget well again, he should come and sing as often ashe liked in the court; ay, and his father shouldcome and preach there, and nobody should
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