reau's deep 'content,' can we not say with that sister, "of course he was not disappointed when his time came." But, can such a life be in any sense a failure, in any sense be incomplete; is an early home-call an 'injury'; is it indeed an 'indignity' to be summoned from this pitiful Vanity Fair by the Master of the Vineyard?
Concord, Oct. 20, 1862.
Dear Friend:
Absence from home together with illness must be my apology for not before acknowledging your last kind letter.
Certainly it will give me much pleasure to present the walking-cane which you propose to send to Mr. . . . ., who feels keenly the depar-
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