¡¡"A
kind
woman?"
said
Maurice.
"The
kindest
woman
I
ever
saw
is
coming
up
the
church
steps
this
minute."
"Yes, Joe; and you must love Jesus now, for you see He loves you."
"No, Cecile, you shall not go. You shall stay here too. We need neither of us go south. It's much, much nicer here."
It seemed but a moment before he himself was reviving before the blazing warmth of a great fire, while the good farmer with three of his men was searching for the missing children.