Toby crept softly in, and, going up to the old man, knelt down
and said, very humbly, and with his whole soul in the words, "Oh,
Uncle Dan'l! if you'll only forgive me for bein' wicked an' runnin'
away, an' let me stay here again -- for it's all the home I ever had
-- I'll do everything you tell me to, an never whisper in meetin'
or do anything bad."
And then he waited for the words which would seal his fate. They
were not long in coming.
"My poor boy," said Uncle Daniel, softly, as he stroked Toby's
refractory red hair, "my love for you was greater than I knew, and
when you left me I cried aloud to the Lord as if it had been my
own flesh and blood that had gone afar from me. Stay here, Toby,
my son, and help to support this poor old body as it goes down into
the dark valley of the shadow of death; and then, in the bright
light of that glorious future, Uncle Daniel will wait to go with
you into the presence of Him who is ever a father to the fatherless."
And in Uncle Daniel's kindly care we may safely leave Toby Tyler.
THE END
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