Excerpt from The Lake of the Woods: A Story of the BackwoodsIt is so bright that I think that you could see to read to me by it, Amy. Take the Bible, my child and let me hear some of its words of com fort.Amy took the Bible from the bed-side, and kneeling by the fire, turned over some of the pages, seeking for some favourite passage, something to soothe a suffering spirit that might soon be taking ¿ight, something of heaven, she said, to herself. But then the thought arose, I could not read such a passage aloud, I could not command my voice - I Should break down - and my father must not see me in tears, and the daughter turned over leaf after leaf to hide her emotion, as one who is trying, but in vain, to find out some particular chapter or verse.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.