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The days slowly passed, and still no change for the better. The doctor came and went with his grave, impenetrable face, and Teddy was still unconscious. THE DAYS SLOWLY PASSED AND STILL NO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER THE DOCTOR CAME AND WENT WITH HIS GRAVE IMPENETRABLE FACE AND TEDDY WAS STILL UNCONSCIOUS
 brought to her that he was still alive, though in great danger, and that was a great comfort to her poor little sorrowful soul. For many days he lay between life and death. The inquiries after him from every one of his schoolfellows, the Hall, and the different farms and places round, told his mother how much her little son had been beloved. And when on the following Sunday Mr. Upton gave out, in a faltering voice, 'The prayers of this congregation are desired for Edward Platt, who is very dangerously ill,' there was not a dry eye in the church, and one or two audible sobs came from the boys' seats in the gallery. Mrs. John never left her boy's bedside--night and day she was by him, and many wondered at her calm peacefulness. After the first great shock, she had been able to hand over her child into her Father's loving hands, and rest content with the result; and so she was able, in perhaps the most anxious time of her life, to look up and say, 'Father, not my will, but Thine be done. HE CAME BUT THE NEWS WAS BROUGHT TO HER THAT HE WAS STILL ALIVE THOUGH IN GREAT DANGER AND THAT WAS A GREAT COMFORT TO HER POOR LITTLE SORROWFUL SOUL FOR MANY DAYS HE LAY BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH THE INQUIRIES AFTER HIM FROM EVERY ONE OF HIS SCHOOLFELLOWS THE HALL AND THE DIFFERENT FARMS AND PLACES ROUND TOLD HIS MOTHER HOW MUCH HER LITTLE SON HAD BEEN BELOVED AND WHEN ON THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY MISTER UPTON GAVE OUT IN A FALTERING VOICE THE PRAYERS OF THIS CONGREGATION ARE DESIRED FOR EDWARD PLATT WHO WAS DANGEROUSLY ILL THERE WAS NOT A DRY EYE IN THE CHURCH AND ONE OR TWO AUDIBLE SOBS CAME FROM THE BOYS SEATS IN THE GALLERY MISSUS JOHN NEVER LEFT HER BOY'S BEDSIDE NIGHT AND DAY SHE WAS BY HIM AND MINNIE WONDERED AT HER CALM PEACEFULNESS AFTER THE FIRST GREAT SHOCK SHE HAD BEEN ABLE TO HAND OVER HER CHILD AND DO HER FATHER'S LOVING HANDS AND REST CONTENT WITH THE RESULT AND SO SHE WAS ABLE AND PERHAPS THE MOST ANXIOUS TIME OF HER LIFE TO LOOK UP AND SAY FATHER NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE
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