There were but few details. Our Uncle John had died; so wrote the pastor of
the little church in that far-off Waldensian Valley. He had died as he had
lived--a real Christian. He had no near relatives, it appeared; and the
rest of the family had gone to America two years before. Paula, therefore,
was alone. Just before breathing his last, my uncle had expressed the
desire to leave his daughter in the care of our father whom he had never
known, but of whom he had heard nothing but good. Beside all this he had
left his daughter in the hands of God, the loving Father of all orphans,
praying Him to guide and direct in the whole affair. His last prayer had
been for us; asking God to bless our family that we might all be guided
into the straight and narrow Way that leadeth unto life eternal. Then
followed certain details relative to a small inheritance that Paula
possessed, and the prayer of the Pastor himself that the temporal and
spiritual happiness of the little orphan might be maintained.
"Is that all?" asked Catalina.
"Yes," said Rosa; "that is the end of the letter."
"Poor little thing!"
There was a long silence. I think Catalina was thinking of her mother, for
her face had softened for once.
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