Nature maltreated will send in her bill.

That is sure as life and death, and the longer it is delayed, the heavier the bill.' I went on and told her that Mary Fairfax had been married seventeen years and had never borne but one child.

She had long credit, I said, but Nature sent in her bill at last, and Mary had it to settle.

Now, John, I did my duty, didn't I ?" "You did, mother.

What did Jane say ?" "She said women had a hard lot to endure.