THE BEAUTIFUL LADDER. Ill 
Dean suggested the plan which his daughter 
was aiding to carry out. The visit would be 
likely to accomplish the desired object, as the 
case would present a strong appeal to their sym¬ 
pathies. The widow Farley had been called to 
drink to the very dregs the cup of affliction. 
The family had originally resided in the vicin¬ 
ity of Boston, where they had enjoyed an easy 
competence, with the advantages of education 
and society furnished by that highly-refined 
city. In one of the frequently occurring finan¬ 
cial disasters the Farleys suddenly found them¬ 
selves almost penniless. Unwilling to remain 
where they would be so constantly reminded of 
their changed condition in society, they sought a 
new home in a more retired location. Circum¬ 
stances directed their steps into the neighbor¬ 
hood of the Deans. With little remaining after 
reaching the end of their journey, they found 
a shelter in a log cabin on the borders of the 
lake around which Doctor Dean had so often 
loitered and studied. A scanty living was eked 
out by such odd jobs as could be obtained, but 
their main dependence was on the earnings of 
the eldest daughter as a teacher, a position for 
which .she was particularly well qualified. But 
