ut to have what she called a
good hearty cry.
"Lor', missus," said old Tummus, "I never worried much about it.
There's a deal of trouble in this here life, but a lot o' joy as well:
things generally comes right in the end."
"Not always, dear."
"Eh? Well, never mind, this one has; and I only wish I was a bit
younger, so that I could go and be under Muster John Grange.--No, I
couldn't. I can go and see 'em once in a way, but I must stop here, in
this old garden, with the missus, until we die."
"Yes, Tummus, yes," said old Hannah. "It wouldn't do at our time o'
life to make a change."
"Only that last big one, old lady, to go and work in the Master's
vineyard, if He sees as we've done right. But there, dear, on'y to
think o' all this here trouble coming from sawing off a bit o' ragged
wood."
THE END.
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