Left alone in the world she had married one in her own class, very happily as she imagined.

He was in some business in a country town, well off enough to provide a comfortable home, and he was very good; in fact, his one fault was that he was too good, too open-hearted and fond of associating with other good fellows like himself, and of pledging them in the cup that cheers and at the same time inebriates.

Nevertheless, things went very well for a time, until the child was born, the business declined, and they began to be a little pinched.

Then it occurred to her that she, too, might be able to do something.

She started dressmaking, and as she had good taste and was clever and quick, her business soon prospered.