be many persons who had known
her as a prisoner, and could identify her now. She had certainly been
fortunate with the fear of discovery always haunting her. Carl could
not understand how she could carry her head so high, and attempt to
tyrannize over his father and himself.

What the result would be when Dr. Crawford learned the antecedents
of the woman whom he called wife Carl did not for a moment doubt. His
father was a man of very strict ideas on the subject of honor, and good
repute, and the discovery would lead him to turn from Mrs. Crawford in
abhorrence. Moreover, he was strongly opposed to divorce, and Carl
had heard him argue that a divorced person should not be permitted to
remarry. Yet in ignorance he had married a divorced woman, who had been
convicted of theft, and served a term of imprisonment. The discovery
would be a great shock to him, and it would lead to a separation and
restore the cordial relations between himself and his son.

Not long after his settlement in Milford; Carl had written as follows to
his father:

"Dear Father:--Though I felt obliged to leave home for reasons which we
both understand, I am sure that you will feel interested to know how I
am getting along. I did not realize till I had started out how difficult
it is for a boy, brought up like myself, to support himself when thrown
upon his own exertions. A newsboy can generally earn enough money to
maintain himself in the style to which he is accustomed, but I have had
a comfortable and even luxurious home, and could hardly bring myself to
live in a tenement house, or a very cheap boarding place. Yet I would
rather do either than stay in a home made unpleasant by the persistent
hostility of one member.

"I will not take up your time by relating the incidents of the first two
days after I left home. I came near getting into serious trouble through
no fault of my own, but happily escaped. When I was nearly penniless
I fell in with a prosperous manufacturer of furniture who has taken me
into his employment. He gives me a home in his own house, and pays me
two dollars a week besides. This is enough to support me economically,
and I shall after a while receive better pay.

"I am not in the office, but in the factory, and am learning the
business practically, starting in at the bottom. I think I have a taste
for it, and the superintendent tells me I am making remarkable progress.
The time was when I would have hesitated to become a w