7G BERTHA'S VISIT TO HER 



to you and to mother you have nursed me 

 and bred me up, and you have taught me alii 

 know ; never, never will I forsake you, with 

 your infirmity, or leave poor helpless mother to 

 the care of a stranger. No, no, dear father, God 

 would not send his blessing upon me, if I did so. 

 Indeed, 1 never should be right happy with 

 James, if I forsook you : and if James Frank- 

 lin loves me, he will say I have done right.' 



" I will not take up your time, sir, repeating all 

 the arguments J tried with her ; but I assure 

 you, I did my best to make her take the offer. 

 If you could but know how for months arid 

 months she has tended us patiently assisting the 

 poor old woman night and day, and bearing with 

 the crossness that a suffering creature will some- 

 times shew often watching by her half the 

 night always ready in the morning to prepare 

 our meals many a time assisting me at my work 

 and besides, sharing our want of comfort, sir, 

 for often we be hard put to it for a meal. Sir, 

 she does it all with cheerfulness and kindness, 

 and never did I hear a word of complaint from 

 her. She works hard with her needle, too, to help 

 to support us, and never seems to think of the 

 riches offered to her. But now, sir, mark this 

 I have lived long, and I never saw it happen, 

 that people who acted with a hearty desire of 

 pleasing God, were left without reward. The 

 religion that makes us do what is good, that is, 



