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a friend and adviser, never called upon Mr.
Easy, nor even sent a request for him to act
for her in any thing, except once. Her hus-
band had left her poor. She knew little
of the world. She had three quite young
children, and one, the oldest, about sixteen.
Had Mr. Easy been true to his pledge, he
might have thrown many a ray upon her
dark path, and lightened her burdened
heart of many a doubt and fear. But he
had permitted more than a year to pass
since the death of her husband, without
having once called upon her. This neglect
had not been intentional. His will was
good, but never active at the present mo-
ment. ‘ To-morrow,” or “next week,” or
“very soon,” he would call upon Mrs. May-
berry; but to-morrow, or next week, or
very soon, had never yet come.

As for the widow, soon after her hus-
band’s death, she found that poverty was
to be added to affliction. A few hundred
dollars made up the sum of all that she
received after the settlement of his busi-