AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



making the ordinary use of it,' and through it all 'joy 

 kept company with bitter weeping.' 



" She ' mingled bitter tears with eager prayers,' was 

 ' moved even to tears,' while something or other ' opened 

 the sluices of her eyes.' 



" She ' poured forth her whole heart in prayers and 

 tears ' and ' quivered from head to foot with convulsive 

 sobs.' 



" She •• spent a good part of the afternoon in crying,' 

 ' silence was only broken by her sobs,' and she ' shed 

 bitter tears now and then.' She ' sobbed,' ' sobbed more 

 gently ' and ' sobbed aloud and even screamed,' ' her 

 sobs went nigh to choke her,' and ' solitude saw many 

 a tear of hers that week.' 



"She 'threw herself on the floor in a passion of 

 grief,' while something ' threw her back into fresh fits 

 of tears.' 



" Her ' tears almost choked her,' ' began to drop 

 again,' ' brought no relief,' ' came faster than her 

 words,' ' dropped into the water,' ' fell faster,' ' fell from 

 the eyes,' ' fell rhuch too fast for eyes to do their work,' 

 ' flowed,' ' flowed faster than ever,' ' followed in a 

 flood,' ' gushed forth,' ' had to be wiped away,' ' kept 

 coming all the time,' ' knew no measure,' ' mingled,' 

 •• poured,' ' ran down her cheeks,' ' ran down her face and 

 frock,' ' ran fast again,' ' ran fast down her face and 

 fell into her lap,' 'rose to her eyes,' 'rushed to her 

 eyes,' ' sprang to her thoughts,' ' started,' ' streamed from 

 her eyes,' and ' used to flow abundantly when they 

 could, unseen.' Besides this, her tears were ' blinding 

 her ' (twice), ' choking her,' ' fast coming,' were ' in 



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