Be | DIGGING A GRAVE

at me and the @ baby SO viet, and the house

at the same time, full. of bailiffs,— the dirty fe

crew,— and ask me, with his white and tremb-
ling lips, if I wasn’t glad she was gone! 7
Well, of course, among the lawyers and the
creditors, they made ducks and drakes of
_ the property ; and his relations were only
too glad to get him out of the country on
an allowance, and so we were. sent off to —
France for ease and cheapness. |

“To France!” repeated Mary, opening her
great eyes; “no wonder you’re such a well-
learned woman, after such travelling.” 2

“‘ Brandy was cheap there,’’ continued Peo- :
es = but the village we were in was sober,
and somehow the delight he took in the
- child, weaned him off wonderful from the
| heavy drinking ; he would dander about with —
her,. from hour to hour. And: ak to tell,
his ways and his mind were almost childish,

and from’ quiet and early hours and fresh