Amen, Amen."
These were the last words spoken by the old forester. The children,
who were kneeling by the side of the bed, praying as he had requested,
when they rose up, found that he was dead. They all wept bitterly, for
they dearly loved the good old man. Alice remained sobbing in Edward's
arms, and Edith in Humphrey's, and it was long before the brothers
could console them. Humphrey at last said to Alice, "You hurt poor
Edward's arm--you don't know how painful it is! Come, dears, let us go
into the other room, and get something to take the pain away."
These requests diverted the attention, at the same time that it roused
fresh sympathy in the little girls--they all went into the sitting-
room. Humphrey gave his sisters some potatoes to scrape upon a piece
of linen, while he took off Edward's coat, and turned up his shirt
sleeves. The scraped potatoes were then laid on the burn, and Edward
said they gave him great relief. Some more were then scraped by the
little girls, who could not, however, repress their occasional sobs.
Humphrey then told them that Edward had had nothing to eat, and that
they must get him some supper. This again occupied them for some time;
and when the supper was ready, they all sat down to it.
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