His poor wife, who clung to him through all with an unwavering fidelity, was nearly broken-hearted.

In vain had relatives and friends interposed.

No argument nor persuasion could induce her to abandon him.

"He is my husband," was her only reply, "and I will not leave him." One night he was brought home insensible.

He had fallen in the street where some repairs were being made, and had received serious injuries which confined him to the house for two or three weeks.