Gen. Latourette and his wife had once more a home of their own, made bright by the smiles of their affectionate children. At that home Rose Stuyvesant was received as a loved friend, and made a sharer in the pure joy she had assisted in laying up for the happy parents. There Diedrich Stuyvesant had been welcomed as an honored guest, and there Captain Jones had seen, in the “Where is Daph this morning?” asked Gen. Latourette at the breakfast table; “I did not see her dear old face in the hall, as I came down.” “She is not awake yet,” said the wife; “I told the children they must not rouse her. She must take her rest; her days of labor are over.” “God grant that our work may be Later in the day, the children could not be kept from “just looking at dear Daffy, even if she were asleep.” The family party entered the quiet room. The sunbeams shone across the floor with cheerful light; but they were dark to the gaze of Daph, for she was beholding the unveiled glory of the Sun of Righteousness. The voice of earthly affection could wake her no more, for she had listened to the welcome of angels, and heard the voice of her Saviour declare, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord!” TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. Some contractions are obviously intentionally separated and have been retained as such from the original, e.g. shouldn’t appears as should n’t. The cover image for this eBook has been created by the transcriber using the original cover and text from the title page and is thus entered into the public domain. |