A Vanished Hand. Sarah Doudney

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      And yet, as Elsie thought, walking onward, there is something in these beginnings which is sadder even than the summer's ending. Birth is the herald of decay and death, but decay and death are the sure forerunners of new life.

      The afternoon was deepening into evening when she found herself again in All Saints' Street, and Miss Saxon's pleasant face greeted her at the door.

      "Any news, Miss Kilner?" was the first question.

      "No news of Jamie," Elsie answered sadly. "But I must try to find Mrs. Penn's house in Soho Square."

      "Does she live there now?" Miss Saxon asked.

      "Mrs. Tryon thinks not. She couldn't remember the number."

      "That does not matter," said Miss Saxon cheerfully. "The square is not very large; it will only take a little while to go from door to door."

      The last light of the day was shining into Elsie's sitting-room when she went upstairs, and it was a light which seemed to flow in like a golden wave from some unseen ocean of peace.

      Had she come into this quiet house to be guided, by a vanished hand, along a path which she knew not? All she was sure of was the influence which had turned her feet out of the old road, so thickly set with thorns. Surely it was a kindly power which had led her away from the contemplation of her own grief and wrongs, and had given her a quest!

      Something to do, something to seek and to hope for—this is the greatest blessing which can be conferred on a lonely life.

      Elsie lighted her lamp, and wrote a long, cheery letter to the rector's wife in the Sussex village; but not one word did she say about the search for Jamie.

CHAPTER V

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MRS. BEATON

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