lf. As I entered the room she was sitting by the little
stove in a large rocking-chair, looking as comfortable as one could
wish. She seemed very happy, and told me about the prospect of seeing
her sons. "They will send for me, and I shall go to them," was a
cheering and delightful thought. She said she was expecting every day
a letter from James. When I told her I had brought it, her face
lighted up, and she uttered expressions of thankfulness, evidently
from a full and overflowing heart. She spoke of David, and of being
once more with him, if "the boys should send for him." She wished to
do what was best for the child, and was still willing he should be
adopted, if it was thought desirable. She expressed the utmost
confidence in Mrs. B----, and was willing to leave it all to her
judgment. This was the last time I ever saw the "Widow Cahoon," and we
shall probably never meet again. She had no earthly treasure to confer
upon me, but she gave me her blessing, and, I doubt not, will remember
me in her prayers so long as she remains upon earth; and when the
spirit-world is our home, I shall expect her face, unwrinkled by
sorrow or age, to beam upon me a heavenly welcome. It was but little I
did for this poor widow, and yet that little has been rich in
blessings to me, and may be to mine, for whom she fervently prayed.

James, in his second letter, sent a check to his mother to pay her
fare from New York to Pennsylvania with a request that David might
accompany her. He will provide for them both in future.

So soon as arrangements could be made, the now happy widow and her
little grandson started, under the protection of a friend, for her new
home in the country where, I suppose, they now are. What a pleasure it
must be to James to have his mother once more with him, and to be
able to do something for her who has done so much for him! Little
David will again see the birds and the chickens, and be surrounded by
kind and loving friends. The ladies of the Home will occasionally
inquire about him, and if he needs their care they will provide for
him, as his grandmother made them his legal protectors. If I ever hear
more about David which I think will interest you, I shall write you
again in regard to him.

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