Decide as you think is right. Uncle
Jabez, will you give him till to-morrow?"
"Sartain, sartain; and, see here, my boy: I'm free to say I've urged ye
to go, fur I need a clipper-built little feller like you; but I say
naow, ef I hed as good a sister's you've got, I'd think twicet afore I
went agin her, an' thet's the truth."
There was no mistaking his earnestness; and as he picked up his old
tarpaulin, and shook hands with Sara in farewell, the respect and
friendliness of his manner thrilled her with pleasure and surprise.
After he had gone she talked lightly about other matters, had a frolic
with Molly and the baby, helped Morton with his examples, and mended a
coat of his which had come to grief, all as if there were not a care
upon her mind, and indeed there was none; she had cast it on the Lord.
Morton was very quiet all the evening, but just before he mounted the
steep steps to his chamber in the loft he came to her side.
"Sara," he said.
She looked up sweetly.
"I've decided." "Yes, Morton?"
"I'm going to stay at home."
"My dear, good brother!"
She drew him down and kissed him tenderly, while the tears stood in the
eyes of both; and from that moment there was a new bond between them,
stronger than the past had ever known.
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