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And then, one afternoon, when the setting sun was flooding the room with a golden glory, the little head turned on the pillow. AND THEN ONE AFTERNOON WHEN THE SETTING SUN WAS FLOODING THE ROOM WITH A GOLDEN GLORY THE LITTLE HEAD TURNED ON THE PILLOW
e 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.' 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. Then doubts began to rise in his mother's heart as to whether his reason would ever come back, and she stopped the doctor as he was leaving one morning to ask him the question,-- 'If he lives, doctor, will he be an idiot?--my brave, bonny boy! Oh, I would rather have death for him than that!' And the doctor could only give her the meagre consolation, 'He may recover yet. I have seen worse cases than this pull through, and be as bright as ever they were.  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 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 THEN DOUBTS BEGAN TO RISE IN HIS MOTHER'S HEART AS TO WHETHER HIS REASON WOULD EVER COME BACK AND SHE STOPPED THE DOCTOR AS HE WAS LEAVING ONE MORNING TO ASK HIM THE QUESTION IF HE LIVES DOCTOR WILL HE BE AN IDIOT MY BRAVE BONNIE BOY OH I WOULD RATHER HAVE DEATH FOR HIM THAN THAT AND THE DOCTOR COULD ONLY GIVE HER THE MEAGRE CONSOLATION HE MAY RECOVER YET I HAVE SEEN WORSE CASES THAN THIS PULL THROUGH AND BE AS BRIGHT AS EVER THEY WERE
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