Gabrielle developed very rapidly. At seventeen, she was where many
girls are at twenty-five. Her mother thankfully dropped the household
reins the moment she saw her ready to take them up, and with grandmamma
for her model, she made a well-ordered home for them all.
As to Margaret, there were so many sides to her character that it would
be impossible to paint close enough to nature to depict her, without
producing an exaggeration. Very few ever did her justice, owing to
a modesty of the most deep-seated character. She never did or said
anything in order to shine, but when admirers pressed upon her, shrank
back, and back, and back, till they wearied of the pursuit and gave
her up as a paradox beyond their comprehension. No matter what she
acquired or how famous she became, she never seemed to know it, and
a little child could always lead her. She knelt to those she loved,
even when they were her inferiors; they were not many, but they were a
happy few. As Mrs. Grey had predicted, more than one brilliant career
lay open to her, but she was too truly a woman, too steadfastly and
deeply religious to venture upon either. To follow in the footsteps of
that venerated and beloved one, was ambition enough for her; to serve
God as she had served Him, to lend herself to every human soul that
needed her, as she had done; this was her choice. The humble pathway
was little heeded by a world that, struggling for the honors of life,
cannot conceive of their being deliberately put by. But it was watched
by the eye of God, and how often He met her upon and blessed her in it,
is known only to Him.
* * * * *
By Mrs. E. PRENTISS.
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THE HOME AT GREYLOCK. 12mo, 1.50
URBANÉ AND HIS FRIENDS. 12mo, 1.50
AUNT JANE'S HERO. 12mo, 1.50
THE STORY LIZZIE TOLD. 16mo, 60
GOLDEN HOURS. Hymns and Songs of
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THE LITTLE PREACHER. 16mo, cloth, 1.00
SIX LITTLE PRINCESSES. 16mo, 75
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THE PERCYS. 16mo, 1.25
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ONLY A DANDELION, and other Stories, 1.25
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