Madeline Payne, the Detective's DaughterLynch, Lawrence L.
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Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter
Lynch, Lawrence L.
Detective and mystery stories; Fiction
"It is a token," she murmurs, softly. "It is God's benediction on my
new day, on my new life. It is the beginning of rest. There is nothing
old in this fresh, white world. Let the snow mantle rest thus upon my
past life. Ah, how rich I am! How rich in friends; how strong in that
I have been able to do some good, to make my beloved happy. Never let
me repine at my fate. I am rich, and strong, and free. This new,
white, beautiful world is mine, when I wish to wander. My friends are
mine, when I wish to rest, and find a home."
Ah, 'tis good to know--
"God's greatness shines around our incompleteness;
Round our restlessness, _His rest_."
Up from the east shoots an arrow of gold, and a bar of roseate light.
Higher yet, and the world is aglow with mystic, glittering loveliness.
Diamonds sparkling everywhere; snow plumes waving; the earth's white
unbroken mantle gleaming and sparkling, and stretching away to meet
the golden glow at the horizon's edge.
Kneeling there, with her white hands clasped upon the window ledge,
the glory of the morning falls over her like a benediction; lighting
up the golden hair; pouring its radiance into the solemn brown eyes;
kissing the pure pale cheeks; breathing peace, and rest, and hope into
the long-tried, but conquering heart of THE EXPERT'S DAUGHTER.
THE END.
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