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Miracles of heavenly love in daily life, by A.L.O.E.
Miracles of heavenly love in daily life by ALOE Author:Charlotte Maria Tucker Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. THE LEPER CLEANSED. jjHERE, take them, they are the last wages that I shall earn for many a long day," said Giles Oldham bitterly, as he ... more »threw down some money on the table before his wife on a Saturday evening. " Oh, Giles, has he been so cruel as to—" "There's no cruelty about it," said Giles gloomily, as he seated himself before the fire, resting his hands on his knees. " My master can't keep on all his hands during the winter season when work is slack; of course he chooses those as have the best character for being sober and stead)-; I knew I had not a chance," and Giles stirred the fire as if to drown by the noise the sound of his own heavy sigh. " You are as steady a man now, as good a husband and father, as any in London," exclaimed Mary. " Wife, a man who has once lost his character don't get it back at once," said Giles, " however hard he may try to deserve one. As we sow we must reap, I've no right to complain. But it half maddens me," he added, with increased bitterness, " to think that instead of being the support of you and the children, the bread winner as I should have been, and might have been, I shall be dragging you down to waivt, living like a drone on your earnings. I should be tempted to wish myself six feet under ground, if only a wretch like me could think himself fit to die." " Oh, dear husband, how can Jtou speak so !" cried Mary, drawing her chair close to his, and laying her head on his shoulder. " I shall work with such pleasure now you are beside me, and then you will help in the little shop, and leave me more time for my needle. You will look after our poor afflicted Minny; how fond she is of you, Giles, it's but little that she can say, but it's always about her daddy. And then Eeuben is coming home on Monday; you will...« less