The rest of the story is soon told. The sad meeting of poor Rogers
with the mother of his child, who stayed by his side night and day,
the bitter tears of Mrs. Hartley as she beheld her father for the
first and last time; the mutual expression of love and forgiveness
ere the poor invalid breathed his last, beloved and forgiven by those
on whom he had thoughtlessly entailed much sorrow and suffering.
CHAPTER XI.
The Mother-in-Law.
John Wilkie was the son of Scotch parents residing in Toronto,
Ontario. He was possessed of considerable literary ability, and when
a lad had entered Toronto University with the intention of pursuing
a professional career; but his father shrewdly reasoned that,
although fame might be acquired more readily by clergymen and lawyers,
money was an important consideration, and might be acquired with,
comparative ease in a well managed business. He accordingly placed
his son in the wholesale house of Messrs. Campbell & Castle, and in
due course of time the lad secured an interest in the business.
The young man was not long a member of the firm when he became
enamoured of a young lady named Collins, whom he had met at the
house of a mutual friend. For a longtime he paid attention to this
young lady, taking her to balls, concerts and operas, and finally he
proposed for her hand and was accepted.
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