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The Roby family; or, Battling with the world, by A.L.O.E.
The Roby family or Battling with the world by ALOE Author:Charlotte Maria Tucker Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. POVERTY AND PRIDE. Some crosses are from Heaven sent, And some we fashion of our own ; By envy, pride, and discontent, What thorns ... more »upon our path are strewn ! Not these the thorns that form the crown, Not such the cross that lifts on high ; Our sharpest trials we lay down, When sin and self we crucify. WOULD speak to you a little, my Bertha," said the gentle voice of Mrs. Roby, as she entered that evening the small room where her daughter was engaged in packing her box. " Dear mamma, pray sit down." Bertha placed a chair, and then seated herself down at the feet of her mother, resting her arms upon the widow's knee. " I have been thinking over the letters which we received this morning, and praying to be directed,my child. As Laura is so young, and therefore requires such watchful care, it seems to me "—Mrs. Roby paused, she was fearful of giving pain—"it seems to me to be best that the little one should be placed in a home near me." " It is best," replied Bertha, in a low voice. " And you, my thoughtful, attentive child, will be a comfort to my dear aged father. I feel that I am sending to him one in whom he will find a blessing, not a burden." Bertha kissed her mother's hand, and was silent. " I cannot tell you what a relief it is to me that this arrangement does not disappoint you, that you see the reasons for it, and acquiesce so readily, dear Bertha," " I do not say," replied Bertha, forcing a smile, though a bright drop quivered on her lashes, "that I should not have preferred remaining nearer you ; but I am sure that your decision is good, and I will try—to be all that you think me to grandpapa." Mrs. Roby pressed her daughter to her heart in a very long, a very close embrace; and, in the feeling that she had p...« less