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Cousin Bridget.
after , —when the mortal remains of Cousin Bridget lay peacefully beneath the yew tree in the churchyard , and the young village doctor had found his way bencadi that pretty Elizabethan cottage with Minna , beautiful Minna , for a bride , — Jane } ' , neat and spruce as Peggy herself ( now the bonny wife of the
miller ) , was installed as Minna ' s own maid bringing with her her old friend the starling , who , though now blind with both eyes , still knew her voice , and , at her approach , still assured her of his goodness . What more have I to add ? It is needless to say Minna was happy , for it has been shown that she was good ; and hlike all
thoug , mortals , she too had her trials and her crosses , she bore them with unflinching courage and untiring patience ; and when likenesses of what Minna Westrop had once been were seated beside her , she would recount to them , her attentive auditors , by the warm glow of a winter fire , or by her grave in the quiet summer evening , as a lesson ancl a warning , the history of Cousin Bridget .
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Cousin Bridget.
after , —when the mortal remains of Cousin Bridget lay peacefully beneath the yew tree in the churchyard , and the young village doctor had found his way bencadi that pretty Elizabethan cottage with Minna , beautiful Minna , for a bride , — Jane } ' , neat and spruce as Peggy herself ( now the bonny wife of the
miller ) , was installed as Minna ' s own maid bringing with her her old friend the starling , who , though now blind with both eyes , still knew her voice , and , at her approach , still assured her of his goodness . What more have I to add ? It is needless to say Minna was happy , for it has been shown that she was good ; and hlike all
thoug , mortals , she too had her trials and her crosses , she bore them with unflinching courage and untiring patience ; and when likenesses of what Minna Westrop had once been were seated beside her , she would recount to them , her attentive auditors , by the warm glow of a winter fire , or by her grave in the quiet summer evening , as a lesson ancl a warning , the history of Cousin Bridget .