YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



girl five years old could have done, than 

 I ran trembling through the dark corridor 

 and plunged under the blankets, to the very 

 foot of grandma's bed. 



I heard grandma say, so soothingly, to 

 cousin Elsie: 



"There is nothing to fear, my child; our 

 Heavenly Father, who marks the sparrow's 

 fall, is watching over us, and He will not call 

 us till our work here is finished." 



The next morning the sunlight gilded the 

 dancing waters of the bay and the glistening 

 dewdrops in the oaks and pines; the lilies 

 around Hebe's fountain were opening their 

 great golden hearts of perfume. No trace 

 of the wild, dark storm could be seen was 

 it all a dream ? No, for they all laughed 

 and laughed at breakfast, when grandma 

 told of her little panic-stricken visitant of 

 the night, who had heard and obeyed so 

 promptly the order to take refuge in her 

 feather-bed: and all that summer, when I 

 saw that flashing light and heard even the 

 distant growl in the sky, I ran as fast as my 

 little feet would carry me and buried myself 

 in this ark of refuge. 



Poor, dear grandma! The next summer 

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