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ALL L\ A GARDEN FAIR. 91<br />

noble husband—and lie bade me leave him,<br />

because he had much to do, and I must go<br />

home and th<strong>in</strong>k <strong>of</strong> tlie child. Who was I that<br />

I should disobey him at such a moment ? I<br />

left him, my dear. Oh !<br />

I left him. I Avent<br />

home and I waited all night long beside your<br />

cradle, but he did not come home all night<br />

' long—what a night ! She<br />

<strong>of</strong> spasm.<br />

stopped with a k<strong>in</strong>d<br />

<strong>All</strong>en sprang to his feet and began to walk<br />

up and down <strong>the</strong> room.<br />

' Mo<strong>the</strong>r ! go on. Tell me all.'<br />

' He never came home any more. They<br />

brought me a letter <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> morn<strong>in</strong>g. He said<br />

that he could have borne poverty with me, but<br />

not shame. He could see no way <strong>of</strong> escape,<br />

he C(juld hnd no means <strong>of</strong> prov<strong>in</strong>g that lie<br />

knew noth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> frauds which liad been<br />

committed by his partner <strong>in</strong> his name. That<br />

he had written to everybody concerned stat<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong> truth, and that as Heaven had taken from<br />

him what was dearer than life, he would give<br />

up tliat too, and he prayed tliat it might be

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