To meet the former, recourse was had to the sale of her husband's small, select library.

Careful mending kept the younger children tolerably decent, and by altering for him the clothes left by his father, she was able to keep Hiram in a suitable condition, to appear at the store of his employer.
Thus matters went on for several months.

Mrs.Mayberry, working late and early.

The natural result was, a gradual failure of strength.

In the morning, when she awoke, she would feel so languid and heavy, that to rise required a strong effort, and even after she was up, and attempted to resume her labors, her trembling frame almost refused to obey the dictates of her will.