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well, and we will all go to work with willing hands and 

 happy hearts. We will be kind and loving to every- 

 body and everything, and we won't think so much 

 about making money." 



"It sounds good to hear you talk that way, Edie, 

 but I'm afraid it won't work. A man must look out 

 an' provide for his own family, for if he don't nobody 

 will." 



"Yes, but if he allows his love for his family to be 

 driven out by the love of money it seems to me he has 

 made a bad bargain." 



"Well, good night, daughter; you've cheered me 

 up for a while, anyhow. My misfortunes worry me 

 most on account of those who are dependent on me. I 

 want to put them above want." 



"There now, papa ; no more about that. Let us 

 encourage love and kindness toward one another and 

 trust in God. Good night, papa," and she gave him 

 another kiss and left him. 



John Shane was restless ; as the hours dragged their 

 weary length along the loneliness of his situation 

 pressed itself c n him . The conversation with Edith had 

 aroused the latent energies of his soul, and his heart 

 yearned for human sympathy. He had lived a lonely 

 life ; his whole soul had been possessed by the one idea 

 of making money. He did not think that anyone else 

 was suffering while he was following this false light, 

 but here was Edith, who had been yearning for her 

 father's love and had been denied it. Her face 

 haunted him ; her voice was ringing in his ears. Her 



