a man s but better than i did when i shed those few drops from my arm not worth the thou shed for them thou tis not so very long dear letter co without a his faith and a from most and ti j this strain and or doubt as to that she was free but they were not them might turn the scale and frighten him away from her with fear of being and of this letter she made soft the bearer so she was not an angel after all mingled with the passengers of two boats and ot hear nothing of nor did this surprise him he was more surprised when at the third attempt a black said to him somewhat severely and what would you with him you call why father if he is alive i have got a letter for him i said i am sorry for it however the flesh is weak well my son he you seek will be here by the next boat or the next boat after and if he chooses to answer to that after all i am not the keeper of his conscience good father one plain word for heaven s sake this of � is he i why he that went by that name is alive well then that is settled said but the next moment he found it necessary to run out of sight and oh why did the lord make any women said he to himself i was content with the world till i fell in love here his little finger is more to her than my whole body and he is not dead and here i have got to g ve him this he looked at the letter and dash it on the ground but he picked it up again with a snatch and went to the landlord with tears in his eyes and begged for work the landlord declined said he had his own people oh i seek not your money said i only want some work to keep me breaking my heart about another man s good lad i good lad exploded the landlord and found him lots of barrels to mend � on these terms and he with fury in the interval of the boats coming down the � chapter i an earnest letter seldom leaves tl mind in margaret in hers her energy and her faith in her dying father s vision or illusion and when this was done and gone she wondered at her and her conscience pricked her about and came and her and she paid the price of hopes and elevation of spirits by into deeper despondency she was found in this state by a friend she had lately made this good woman came in radiant with an idea margaret i know the cure for thine ill the of a wondrous holy man why he can tell what is coming when he is in the mood ay i have heard of him said margaret hop with some difficulty persuaded her to walk out as far as and consult the they took some butter and eggs in a basket and went to his what had made the pair such fast friends weeks ago fell ill of a disease it raging pain and when this weak awkward symptom either liquid or solid would h a minute the doctor said went o succeed stay in he must die if this goes on many hours there s the and the fore now a chicken with a golden angel i were none the better for being far fetched yoa in the water and let him sap that i alas i gilt and him when the g and shared the fate of the came up than thej went down so its or then the cure says i tou may go down on your four bones to the thumb of st in beef same re but indeed he is at bottom suit then ran weeping to to you are all his thought and all his chat but he row some linen to make his let me see sees s folk coming around ye and good him said she came in and felt his friends and he said only last night � pulse said she i doubt they have gone to the root open the window i art he made me vow not to tell ye him now change all his linen tell me woman what for why foul well he said an tell what little i know linen for a dying man f objected the it won t bring him back and it will set them by the ears i wish i had more head piece said he i am sore perplexed but least said is mended ton is his favourite word he comes back to it from a mile oft margaret shook her head ay we are in deep waters my poor babe and me it was saturday night and no poor v said margaret it was very good of him to go on such an errand � he is one out of a hundred replied warmly mother do you think he would be kind to little i am sure he would so do you be kind to him when he comes will ye now wife do as thou art bid said margaret and left the room somehow found herself as she was bid margaret returned with her apron full of a she made a and took it to the bedside and before giving it to the patient took a herself and her lips that is fair said he with a feeble attempt at humour why tis sweet and now tis bitter she engaged him in conversation as soon as he had taken it this stayed by seeing which she on it as cards are built mixed a very little in the third and a little beaten of egg in the seventh and so with 