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"Lord," I says, "I knows as certain sure as I sees these lilies now, and remembers all the silence and darkness that came upon them from the time they were put in the earth, that Thou wilt give me back my dear ones ten thousand times more beautiful than ever I saw 'em here! And if their Easter will come a little later, 'tis just as sure!" LORD I SAYS I KNOWS AS CERTAIN SURE AS I SEES THESE LILIES NOW AND REMEMBERS ALL THE SILENCE DARKNESS THAT CAME UPON THEM FROM THE TIME WHEN THEY WERE PUT IN THE EARTH THAT THOU WILT GIVE ME BACK MY DEAR ONES TEN THOUSAND TIMES MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN EVER I SAW HIM HERE AND IF THEIR EASTER WILL COME A LITTLE LATER TIS JUST AS SURE
ing," she says, "that the Resurrection mayn't be far off!" And so she left me!' [Illustration] There was a pause. Bob wiped his eyes with his handkerchief, then put Olive down from his knees and walked across to his flower-pots. The children followed him silently, and peeped over the edge of the pots, only to see bare brown earth, and their faces fell at the sight. [Illustration] Bob turned to them with a smile: 'This here big pot in the middle is my wife's lily; I set to work when she went, and got four other o' the same kind o' bulb and planted them in these smaller pots. This one is Bessie's, that one is Nellie's, and the others are just Bob's and Harry's. Well, all that winter I goes to my graves in the churchyard, and comes back to these pots, and I shakes my head over them all, and couldn't get no comfort nohow. But shall I ever forget a-comin' into my kitchen on Easter Sunday, and seein' the sun shine in upon five pure white lilies! I just fell a-sobbin' on my knees beside them.  MY BODY A GLORY UNLESS YOU FOLLOW ME FIRST BUT I CAN'T HELP THINKING SHE SAYS THAT THE RESURRECTION MAYN'T BE FAR OFF AND SO SHE LEFT ME THERE WAS A PAUSE BOB WIPED HIS EYES WITH HIS HANDKERCHIEF THEN PUT OLIVE DOWN FROM HIS KNEES AND WALKED ACROSS TO HIS FLOWER POTS THE CHILDREN FOLLOWED HIM SILENTLY AND PEEPED OVER THE EDGE OF THE POTS ONLY TO SEE BARE BROWN EARTH AND THEIR FACES FELL AT THE SIGHT BOB TURNED TO THEM WITH A SMILE THIS HERE BIG POT IN THE MIDDLE IS MY WIFE'S LILY I SET TO WORK WHEN SHE WENT AND GOT FOUR OTHERS OF THE SAME KIND OF BULB AND PLANTED THEM IN THESE SMALLER POTS THIS ONE IS BESSIE THAT ONE IS NELLIE'S AND THE OTHERS ARE JUST BOBS AND HARRY'S WELL ALL THAT WINTER I GOES TO MY GRAVES IN THE CHURCHYARD AND COMES BACK TO THESE POTS AND I SHAKES MY HEAD OVER THEM ALL AND COULDN'T GET NO COMFORT NO HOW BUT SHALL I EVER FORGET A COMING INTO MY KITCHEN ON EASTER SUNDAY AND SEEING THE SUN SHININ ON FIVE PURE WHITE LILIES I JUST FELL A SOBBING ON MY KNEES BESIDE THEM
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