Archy Somerville : and other stories . MRS. BANCROFT. to complain of a pain in her chest,and coughed very badly. At lengthshe was obliged to leave off the Doctor came, and grew so ill that she wasobliged to go to bed. GRACE BANCROFT. 69 One day she called Grace to her,and said my dear little daughter,I am very ill, so ill that Doctor Ran-dolph says I never can be well aram. Oh mother/ said Grace, sobbing, Toil are not going to But she was obliged to stop, and burying herface in the bed clothes, she weptbitterly. Grace Fairy, said her mother,*^do not cry ! think how muc
Archy Somerville : and other stories . MRS. BANCROFT. to complain of a pain in her chest,and coughed very badly. At lengthshe was obliged to leave off the Doctor came, and grew so ill that she wasobliged to go to bed. GRACE BANCROFT. 69 One day she called Grace to her,and said my dear little daughter,I am very ill, so ill that Doctor Ran-dolph says I never can be well aram. Oh mother/ said Grace, sobbing, Toil are not going to But she was obliged to stop, and burying herface in the bed clothes, she weptbitterly. Grace Fairy, said her mother,*^do not cry ! think how much hap-pier mother will be in Heaven, welland happier than here! Oh mother, sobbed poor Gracetake me with you!. 70 GRACE AND HER MOTHER. GRACE BANCROFT. 71 I cannot, Fairy; and it is leav-ing her daughter here that makesit hard for your mother to I have prayed to God, and hehas given me the strength to bear now, Grace, I must say a fewwords to you while I am strongenough. Promise me that you willalways, no matter where you are,read or repeat a chapter from theBible every day, and will never omityour prayers.^ •Never, mother!^ Go into the other room, andbathe your eyes now, the doctor willbe here presently, and I want you 72 GRACE BANCROFT. to see him. My little nurse! saidshe very affectionately,, * there, dar-ling, go.^ That night Mrs. Bancroft died,and poor Grace felt indeed alone inthe world; but the God in whom,her mother trusted did not forsakeGrace. The good doctor wdio tendedher mother, had often noticed thehandy, little girl who was alwaysthere when he made his visit. Hehad lost a little daughter someyears before, and his heart warmedto the lovely Fairy. The last timehe
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