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`` You will think of us sometimes , '' he said as I held his hand at parting , `` and when you pray to our heavenly Father , ask Him to look upon us in mercy . '' `` I will ask Him , Erwald ; and I shall always remember the journey from Geneva to Chamouni as the most varied and interesting of my life . '' `` The Bride Of The Aar . '' It was the day after Christmas ; a heavy fall of snow during the night , the tiny flakes full of graceful motion till long past noon , had made a gloomy day for the inmates of Myrtlebank . True , there was many a gay trill and clear silvery laugh ringing through the old rooms . Alick was spending his college vacation at home , and Frank and Carry were merry as school-girls are wont to be , when books are flung aside , and fun and frolic take the place of study and recitation . `` What are you dreaming about , uncle Paul ? ''