gathering the bent head in my arms, as freely as if he had been a little child, I said, "Let me help you bear it, John." Never, on any human countenance, have I seen so swift and beautiful a look of gratitude, surprise and comfort, as that which answered me more eloquently than the whispered— "Thank you, ma'am, this is right good! this is what I wanted!" "Then why not ask for it before?" "I didn't like to be a trouble; you