He saw
him, you know, at the very last minute, and saw all he did
to save others. But if you will let me love you both I shall
be so grateful. All that I had on earth are gone home to God
now, and the world looks so long and hard and sad to me! I
do hope you can love me a little while I stay, and that you
will not let me make you any trouble. Please don't go to any
work to get ready for me. I will gladly do anything that is
necessary when I get there. I am quite able to work now; and
if I have a place where I can feel that somebody cares
whether I live or die it will not be so hard to face the
future. A great, strange city is an awful place for a girl
that has a heavy heart!
I am so glad that you know Jesus Christ. It makes me feel at
home before I get there. My dear father was a minister.
They wouldn't let me go and pack up, so I had to do the best
I could with directing the kind friends who did it for me. I
have taken you at your word and had mother's sewing-machine
and a box of my little brother's things sent with my trunk.
But if they are in the way I can sell them or give them
away. And I don't want you to feel that I am going to
presume upon your kindness and settle down on you
indefinitely. Just as soon as I get a chance to work I must
take it, and I shall want to repay you for all you have done
for me.
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