ly, Leonard, for he soon
won't be able to hear."

And Leonard, opening his Bible at the well-known place, read aloud, "The
blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."

"_All, all_," whispered the dying boy.

"_All, all_," responded the old man.

"_All, all_," faintly echoed the dying boy, and in a few moments no
sound was heard in the sick-room--James Courtenay had departed to
realize the truth of the words, that "the blood of Jesus Christ
cleanseth from _all_ sin."

Next to the chief mourners at the funeral walked old Leonard Dobbin; and
close by the poor crippled Jacob's grave they buried James Courtenay--so
close that the two graves seemed almost one. And when a little time had
elapsed, the squire had a handsome tomb placed over his son, which
covered in the remains of poor Jacob too, and at the head of it was
planted the moss-rose tree. And he put up a tablet to poor Jacob's
memory in the church, and a broken rose was sculptured in a little round
ornament at the bottom of it.

And now the old Hall is without an heir, and the squire without a son.
But there is good hope that the squire thinks of a better world, and
that he would rather have his boy safe in heaven than here amid the
temptations of riches again.

Oh, what a wonder that there is mercy for the greatest sinners! but oh,
what misery comes of sin! "The wages of sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

[Illustration]

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Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

Page 16, "worst? poor" changed to "worst; poor"

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