And in the matter of his cup he probably saw that this was what he would be obliged to do as the condition of domestic peace.

The condition he rejected and, rejecting it, rejected and cast-off his wife and family and the legal and moral responsibilities of husband and father.
Bitter days now followed and Fanny Garrison became acquainted with grief and want.

She had the mouths of three children to fill--the youngest an infant at her breast.

The battle of this broken-hearted woman for their daily bread was as heroic as it was pathetic.

She still lived in the little house on School street where Lloyd was born.