I was carrying a
big burden of anxiety."
"Thou need not have carried it an hour; thou might hev known that God
and thy mother would be sufficient."
The next morning John went down the hill with a check for twenty
thousand pounds in his pocket and a prayer of rest in his heart and a
bubbling song on his lips. And all my readers must have noticed that
good fortune as well as misfortune has a way of coming in company. There
is a tendency in both to pour if they rain, and that day John had
another large remittance from a Manchester house and the second mail
brought him a letter which was as great a surprise as his mother's loan.
It was from Lord Harlow and read as follows:
JOHN HATTON, MY GOOD FRIEND,
I must write you about three things that call for recognition from
me. The first is that I am forever your debtor for the fresh
delightful company of your little daughter. I have become a new man
in her company. She has lifted a great burden from my heart and
taught me many things.
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