"
"I am very glad; you will never learn anything else that is quite so
important. What is all the study for, by the way? Have you any plans.'"
"Yes," said Edward, astonished at what he was about to tell to a
stranger; "I want to get an education, and then, if I possibly _can_ do
that, I want to be a minister."
Ray's hand fell from his shoulder, and when he answered this, his voice
was low and a little sad:
"God bless you, and help you. I hope you will never have to give it up."
Edward made up his mind that night that a prig meant the best and
kindest,--yes, and the wisest young man in the world.
CHAPTER XXIV.
"Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them."
The long, bright summer days and the glowing autumn days were gone;
mid-winter was upon them. During all this time Edward was hard at work;
there was plenty of business to be done at the store. He had been
promoted; very rarely, now-a-days, was he called on to carry home
purchases, or to do errands. He had his counter and his favourite
customers.
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