He never appeared; he deserted her, mercilessly deserted her--after she had sacrificed her own relations to him--on her wedding-day.

She was taken home insensible, and had a brain fever.

The doctors declined to answer for her life.

Her father thought it time to look to her banker's pass-book.

Out of her six thousand pounds she had privately given no less than four thousand to the scoundrel who had deceived and forsaken her! Not a month afterwards he married a young girl--with a fortune of course.