I thought mebbe he'd be willin' to be fair, an' pay his son's debts, if he didn't have much feelin'.

There was Esther an' Lois an' me, an' not a cent to live on, an' Esther she was beginnin' to be feeble.

But he jest sent me back my letter, an' he'd wrote on the back of it that he wa'n't responsible for any of his son's debts.

I said then I'd never go to him agin, and I didn't; an' Esther didn't when she was sick an' dyin'; an' I never let him know when she died, an' I don't s'pose he knows she is dead to this day." "Oh, Mis' Field, you didn't have to lose all that money!" "Yes, I did, every dollar of it." "I declare it's wicked." "There's a good many things that's wicked, an' sometimes I think some things ain't wicked that we've always thought was.

I don't know but the Lord meant everybody to have what belonged to them in spite of everything." Mrs.Green stared.