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260 SHOULD SHE HAVE LEFT HIM? is reproach in what my husband has said. He does not mean it, nor is itin his words. It is in wha -@ I have cast out, by the help of this dear friend, — she put out her hand and took that of Mrs. Trevor. Allen,—“who has shown me what a good woman can do under circumstances so heartrending as to make by comparison my troubles pitifully small. I can answer out of a heart and mind that have struggled and won: Nothing will give me more joy than to see, standing at my husband's knee, his son, when my babe is in his arms.” “Objection number three is disposed of!” cried the widow with a little gasp, and looking very straight away from Mr. Magrane, who had bent earnest eyes upon her when Dorothy made that veiled reference to her troubles. “Yes,” said the lawyer, “Mrs. Trescotte has answered. Judging from a disinterested stand. point, and a worldly one, I should say the case of Mr. and Mrs. Adams is not analogous. What other objections have you?” “Now, purely legal,” said Trescotte. “Can I in law be prevented from joining Mrs. Trescotte in adopting the lad?” “No. A man may adopt his own children, if he desires.” Objection number four disposed of !’" laughed the widow. “Finally,” said Trescotte, “and I think this is difficult: What effect upon us and our position will the adoption have? Under your advice we have 7 ! GOMMGIOO cS (GO)