CHAPTER X. 
THE MARVELLOUS ILLUMINATION CON¬ 
TINUED. 
HEN Milton Dean and his party returned 
* ^ from the widow’s and reported the inci¬ 
dents of the day to his father, the doctor was 
not a little disappointed to learn that neither 
Davidson nor Rudolph had contributed any¬ 
thing to the relief of the distressed family. 
The impression made was a painful one, as it 
indicated a mistaken judgment as to the cha¬ 
racters of the young men. Instead of possess¬ 
ing highly sympathetic natures, it would seem 
that they were sadly wanting in the commonest 
sentiments of pity for the suffering. Putting 
all the circumstances together, his hopes of 
awakening them to a truer conception of the 
nobler inspirations of life were very much les¬ 
sened. Certainly, if they could look unmoved 
upon so peculiar a case of bereavement and 
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