Home Scenes and Home Influence

It cannot be helped now, said my husband, in a tone of regret. But I would be more thoughtful in future. The poor always have need of their money. Their daily labour rarely does more than supply their daily wants. I can never forget a circumstance that occurred when I was a boy. My mother was left a widow when I was but nine years old–and she was poor. It was by the labour of her hands that she obtained shelter and food for herself and three little ones.