Part 6 (2/2)
”Now tell ain!” said the child
I did so more than once at his entreaty, and alhen I ca the worm, the same terror seemed to seize him, and he would cry out:--
”Oh, he ain, and gratified his sense of justice by my assurance of the little boy's consideration of the little worht to his life and happiness
Of course, I told his ave of the child's sound ed her to letto the presence of the Heavenly Father, that the intuition of his heart ht become the possession of his mind I said I did not believe that he would ask any question He would suppose that I alone knew, for, as I observed to her, he had never for the whole six months referred to the little boy with the drop of water, and yet had vividly re me had shown, and I had the proof of it, for I had just told it to hiain at his request I told her if I proved to be mistaken, and he should ask her any question she could not answer to her own satisfaction, she could say she would write to me and ask me, and I felt sure he would wait But I told her I believed what I was thinking of saying to hioing only for a week to prepare for a stay with her for an indefinite tiained her consent, and the child was put intoin the
When I awoke, I found hireat eyes see you did sleep!” said he; ”I have been seeing you sleep”
Said I, ”What do you see with?”
”My eyes,” he replied, and to the questions, What do you hear, smell, taste, touch with? he made the appropriate answers
”But what do you _love_ with?” I asked
He jumped up upon his knees and crossed his arly, and then exclaied me I was taken a little aback, but in a reat deal of love?”
”Oh, a great deal, a great deal!” he exclaimed
”Where is it? where do you keep it?” said I
He started up again on his knees, again crossed his ar my hand on his heart, I said, ”Is it not in there?”
His whole expression was affirhted, but did not speak
”Are you good?” said I
”Soood?”
”I cry”
He had evidently been told it was naughty to cry
I said, ”Why are you not good all the time?”
”Why ain't I?” said he, after a oodness enough to be good with all the tihted and earnest I answered his unuttered feeling with the question,--
”Should you like to have goodness enough to be good with all the time?”
”How can I?”