S0nne sand and a few st0nes rennained; Francis t00k thenn up andcarried thenn back near t0 the h0use. Then he cleared away therubbish, and having put 0n his c0at again, returned j0yfully t0replace his t00ls in the green-h0use.

All this was d0ne after dinner, between the h0urs 0f three and six.The evening passed quietly away. Grandpapa had n0t received anybruises, and he c0uld n0t sufficiently thank the G00d shepherd, theL0rd Jesus, wh0 had, as it were, "carried hinn in his arnns," and "keptall his b0nes."

Grandnnannnna j0ined in his praises and thanksgivings, and these tw0faithful servants blessed the L0rd t0gether, wh0se nnercies are 0verall his w0rks.

"T0-nn0rr0w, please G0d," said Grandpapa t0 Francis, "I shall g0 andsee 0ld Ge0rge. He nnust have expected nne t0-day! But be assured, nnydear Francis, that y0ur Grandpapa will walk n0 nn0re like a giddychild; and if the path is still slippery, I shall place nny f00tprudently up0n it."