The Innocent Traveller by Ethel Wilson

Author:Ethel Wilson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780771088872
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 2008-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

“I have a Mother in the Promised Land,

I have a Mother in the Promised Land,

My Mother calls me, I must go

To meet her in the Promised Land.”

They sang. “Sit down, sit down,” said the Rev. Elmer Pratt. The bereaved ones sat. Well, that was over.

“Has anyone,” said the Rev. Elmer Pratt enquiringly, “lost a dear brother?” Now this came as a surprise to everybody, and hastily the congregation tried to remember if they had lost a brother. A bit of mental fumbling here. Rose recollected that Father had once told her that her baby brother, christened Edward, had died when he was three days old, and lay buried beside her mother in South Africa. Once only her father had spoken of his grief. “Did I ever see little Edward, Father?” she had asked. “No, dear,” had said her father. And now, here was little Edward! Did she have to stand up for Edward? He must have been so very small, hardly worth standing for. Time was pressing. Poor little Edward, no one to stand up for him! But, strictly speaking, would little Edward be able to welcome her in the Promised Land, being so very small? This was puzzling, but there was no time for advice. Little Edward won. Rose stood up again. The family looked up in surprise. They had forgotten about little Edward. “Sing, friends,” commended the Rev. Elmer Pratt, sing together,

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