Shall I repeat it to you ?" The old man nodded assent, and Elsli was glad to repeat the song again to some one who must be interested to hear it, since he was so soon going there himself, he said.

She began directly, and, as the old man listened with great attention, she kept on to the end.

He shook his head several times during the recitation, and, when it was finished, he said:-- "That will not be for me." Elsli was very much startled.

"But why not, why not ?" she asked, anxiously.

"It is certainly for every one; we must all die some time, and then how happy we shall be, when we go there." He shook his head again.
"Not for me; it is only for the good." He said no more for some minutes, and Elsli sat in silence.