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137 Peep behind the Scenes. (By permission of the Religious Tract Society). 1 Introduction 2 The door was opened and a little girl stood before the man 3 She seized the picture eagerly and held it before her with evident delight 4 And when she tried to comfort her, her mother only wept the more 5 “ Do you hear me ?” said her father, “ stop crying at once ” 6 The poor woman raised herself in bed and arranged her little girl’s curly tresses 7 After this, fhe play commenced 8 She fell asleep, her weary head resting on her mother’s pillow 9 Rosalie was glad to leave the town 10 There was a little cottage near where the caravan was drawn up 11 I^mn, ‘Jesus, I Thy face am seeking ’ _ ^ 12 ‘ Kosalie,’ said her mother, ‘ would you like to hear, &c.’ 12 ‘ Glad to see you so much better, madam ’ 14 She could see inside the church 15 And Rosalie read aloud 16 It was a very pale, sorrowful face, which the looking glass reflected 17 ‘ I’m not going to lose a pretty child, like her, from the stage ’ 18 A great pine forest stretched on one side 19 ‘ You mustn’t ciy for me, darling,’ said her mother 20 Her father lifted her from the bed 21 She opened the locket and looked at the sweet girlish face inside 22 Opening her eyes, she saw a girl standing by her bedside 23 And Rosalie began to read to Betsy Ann 24 She often found her father in close conversation with the lady 25 And then she dropped on knees and prayed earnestly ^ 26 ‘ Rosalie,’ said her stepmother, ‘ I intend you shall make yourself useful 27 ‘ Into the workhouse you go, to morrow ’ 28 Th^ knelt down together on the attic floor 29 And seeing a woman stood at the porch, she asked the way to Pendleton 30 And Rosalie warmed her hands and told the caravan people how thankful she was for the help on the way 31 With a trembling hand she opened the little iron gate 32 Rosalie was too full of feeling for any words 33 Rosalie sat on a stool at her aunt’s feet 34 May and Rosalie were the best of friends at once 35 Betsy Ann looked an entirely different girl 36 She met the same old man who gave her the picture Mother’s Last Words. Words by Mrs. Sewell. 1 A worn-out woman, ghastly pale 2 “ Here, lads,” he said, “ divide this bread ” 3 And made a bed as best they could 3aEffect. An angel bright would watch beside them 4 And saw the grave wherein it lay 5 They foimd the landlord at his house 6 And swept a pathway broad and neat 7 And when the service was all done 8 The second week was bleak and cold 9 “Just take to picking pockets, lad,” 10 “ They do look nice,” said little Chris. 11 John saw some shoes, outside a door