But sweet, good, kind mother, I will meet you again above, in that better land where there is no sin, no pain, no anguish, but where all is light and love and immortality.  My dear friend and nurse, Sister Mary, who writes this for me, will see that I am buried beside George, and mother, this is the great wish of my heart—­that if possible, at some time you will bring our bodies both home and bury us in one grave.  I forgive Sophia the wrong she did me and George freely from my soul.  Sister Mary has a kiss I gave her for you.

Pray do not grieve for me that I am thus passing away; but, in the future, always be comforted with the knowledge that I shall be waiting with papa and the others, at heaven’s gate, to greet you home when you follow us from earth.

I would have so much liked to see you, mother dear, before I died; but it has been ordained otherwise, and God does all things well.

Give my love to all my acquaintances and tell them I thought of all when dying; and my Bible class scholars, I do not know what to ask you to say to them.  Try and tell them how deeply I love them, and how I wish to meet them all around the great white throne on high.

And now, mother, you who are dearer to me than all other earthly treasures, to you I must say—­good-by, till we meet again in heaven.

Ever your own loving
Agnes.

[Illustration:  “Dear little darling!” said Anges, tenderly, pressing the infant against her bosom.]

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