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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: dred and fifty pounds a year, and this he bequeathed to his widow and only daughter, to be shared equally between them until his widow's death, when it should all go to his daughter. There was a letter directed to his sons, which he had desired they might read after hearing his will, and in which the following passage, relating to the way in which he had left his money, occurred: I have done my best for you, and now you are both started in life and must look to yourselves alone. With five hundred pounds to fall back upon, you cannot come to harm. It is in accordance with what I have taught you all your lives, that the women must have the settled income. Your sister may never marry, in which case she must be provided for; or, if she does, she cannot go penniless to her husband. The lads were fond and proud of their sister, and had acquiesced in their father's judgment. Wilfrid, the elder, was well placed in New ZealandHarold, the younger, was in a large Whitfield warehouse; clearly it was Diana, beautiful, fastidious Diana, who must be provided for and shielded from the wintry winds of care and privation. As for their mother, they were both good sons, and would always care for her. They thought their father had acted quite rightly, and went back to their work perfectly contented with what had fallen to their share. CHAPTER II. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. It is from your Uncle Philip, Diana; you may read it, said Mrs. Wentworth, handing her daughter an open letter. Diana put down her mother's breakfast-tray, and sat down on the edge of the bed to read the following letter: My Dear Alice, I have your letter telling me of your changed arrangements. I think it is a pity Harold cannot make up his mind to stay in England near his mother; but since Wilfrid is doing...
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