Blackwater Val
But when she perceived she was failing so rapidly—quietly, peacefully, sinking to rest—she said—
“Mamma, darling, I have looked forward with a great deal of expectancy to the time when my cereus should bloom. I now know my hope in this respect will not be realized, but I want you, mother, when it opens out its pure white petals and its fragrance perfumes the midnight air to remember I shall be in heaven—among fairer flowers, with sweeter perfume; for they have not been cursed by sin. And while you mourn at my absence remember I am with Jesus—‘Absent from the body, present with the Lord.’ ”
And now as the mother tended these flowers, and lovingly lingered near this special favorite, around wh
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