"He never yet has done amiss;
And, perfect in His sight,
All that He does or orders is
Sure to be finished right.
"Now only let His will be done,
Nor clamor constantly,
Peace to thy heart on earth will come,
And joy eternally."
"It is well," said the grandmother. "Now we know a proper evening hymn,
and you may go quickly to rest, my children."
CHAPTER IX.
A PERPLEXING AFFAIR.
When Rico entered the cottage that evening it was later than usual, for
he had spent a full half-hour in singing the hymn. As he went in, his
cousin came flying towards him.
"Are you beginning in this style already?" she called out. "The supper
stood waiting for you a whole hour: now I have put it away. Go to your
bedroom; and if you turn out a good-for-nothing and a scamp, it is no
fault of mine. I don't know any thing that I had not rather do than look
after a boy like you."
Rico never answered a single word, no matter how much his cousin might
scold at him; but this evening he looked at her, and said,--
"I can get out of your way, cousin."
She shoved the bolt in on the house-door with such violence that the
door shook, and went into the sitting-room, slamming that door behind
her. Rico went up into his dark little bedroom.
On the following day, as all the big family in the other cottage
were eating their supper,--the parents, the grandmother, and all the
children,--the cousin came running over, and called out from the
door to ask if they knew any thing about Rico: she had no idea where
he could be.
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