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100 WILLY BURKE; OR,
this fact. Let the heretic and schismatic scoff as they
will, heed not their jeers ; it is their misfortune to be
without the pale of the Church, and it is our duty to pray
that the Good Shepherd may take pity upon them, and
bring them in".
Willy saw with no small pleasure that his brother
seemed deeply attentive to this kind admonition, which he,
therefore, hoped might produce a good effect upon his
mind, so keenly susceptible of anything like ridicule.
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re goin', ma'am", said Willy, " to see our mother's
grave, an' if you be good enough to let Ally an' Biddy
come with us, we 'd thank you very much".
" They may go, and welcome", said Mrs. Williams,
" although I did not intend that they should go out more
than was absolutely necessary, until their mourning is
ready for them, as their clothes, poor dears ! are none of
the best. But this is a duty of affection, a pious duty it
is too, and I will not refuse my consent. You will of
course see them home again, as they might easily go
astray in this huge city of ours".
" Oh, certainly, ma'am", said Peter, "an' we 're much
obliged to you for givin' them leave to come".
About half an hour's walk brought our young "pilgrims
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to the churchyard ;
and with streaming eyes they
knelt around the grave, which they could not easily have
recognised, had not Willy luckily noticed its position with
regard to the gate. Piously and fervently did they offer
up their prayers for the repose of their mother's soul
and as they bent, with clasped hands and bowed head,
around the holy grave, there could be no more touching
illustration of the beautiful doctrine of the Church, the
never-ending communion, over which death holds no
;