"With a different wife--a lover of the world and its poor vanities--how imminent would have been my danger! Alas! scarcely any thing less than a miracle would have saved me.

I shudder as I realize the fearful danger through which I have just passed.

I thank God for so good a wife." The first inquiry made by Jasper, when he met Edward on the next morning, was in relation to what he had seen at the funeral, and, particularly, as to the disposition that had been made of the child.
"I took her home with me," was replied, in answer to a direct question.
"You did!" Jasper seemed taken by surprise.

"How came that, Edward ?" "When I returned from the cemetery, I found the domestic ready to leave the house.

Of course the poor child could not remain there alone; so I took her home with me for the night." "How did your wife like that ?" asked Jasper, with something in his tone that showed a personal interest in the reply.
"Very well.