Let me go for them.

Have you a sister or near relative in the city ?" The words and movement of Mr.Jasper restored at once the conscious self-possession of the dying mother, and she raised herself partly up with a quick motion, and a gleam of light in her countenance.
"Oh, sir," she said eagerly, "do not go yet.

I have no sister, no near relative; none but you to whom I can speak my last words and give my last injunction.

You were my husband's friend while he lived, and to you has he committed the care of his widow and orphan.

I am called, alas, too soon! to follow him; and now, in the sight of God, and in the presence of his spirit--for I feel that he is near us now--I commit to you the care of this dear child.