Mrs. Leslie's Bible Pearls.The Pearl of Love:
OR,
JOSEY'S GIFT.
BY MRS. MADELINE LESLIE.
"Love is the fulfilling of the law."—ROM. 13:10.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY A. F. GRAVES,
20 CORNHILL.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
REV. A. B. BAKER,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of
Massachusetts.
To
FRANK RANDALL, RUTH, MAY, RANDOLPH MORGAN,
AND JAMES WALDINGFIELD,
CHILDREN OF
D. F. APPLETON, Esq., New York,
THESE "BIBLE PEARLS" ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
BY THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. Page
Josey's Ride 11
CHAPTER. II.
The Two Nurses 21
CHAPTER III.
The Wrong Baby 33
CHAPTER IV.
Josey's Temper 48
CHAPTER V.
[Pg 10]Josey's Christmas 61
CHAPTER VI.
The Burned Baby 74
CHAPTER VII.
Josey's Sorrow 86
CHAPTER VIII.
Josey's Gift 100
The Pearl of Love.
CHAPTER I.
JOSEY'S RIDE.
"Please mamma, may I go to ride with you?" asked little red-cheekedJosey Codman.
Mamma was tying on baby's silk hood, and did not answer for a minute.[Pg 12]
"I would let him go," urged Aunt Fanny. "He can sit between us; and hewont be a bit of trouble."
Josey clapped his hands.
"I'm going, mamma, isn't I?"
"Can Nurse get him ready quick enough?"
"Yes, indeed! Run, Josey, for your new hat. Nurse bring his sack fromthe hall. It's fortunate I curled his hair before dinner. It's all drynow; come, pet, stand still while I baste in a clean ruffle."
Baby Emma didn't like so many[Pg 13] wrappings around her neck, and began tothrow back her head in an alarming manner. Mamma gave her to Nurse tocarry about, while she put on her bonnet. Then the carriage drove to thedoor. Papa had to be called from his study. Nurse scrabbled on her hatand shawl, and at last they were all seated in the back, and the drivercracked his whip, calling out to his horses,—
"Go on!"
"Why!" said papa, "I didn't know Josey was going."[Pg 14]
"But I am. Isn't I, mamma?" cried the b