CHAPTER XVII. 
GLIMPSES FROM THE TOPMOST TERRES^ 
TRIAL ROUND. 
OR reasons which will be obvious to the 
reader, Davidson and Rudolph did not 
attend the moving of the widow into her new 
home; and so at their next meeting Doctor 
Dean said: 
“ As you were not at the moving of the Far¬ 
leys, I must discharge a commission which I 
received from the widow and daughter to thank 
you in their behalf for your very generous do¬ 
nation the other day. It was much of a sur¬ 
prise to me, as I had no intimation that you 
had made them the intended visit. Your gift 
was liberal and timely, as it will enable the 
family to procure several necessary comforts in 
their new quarters. But, warm as were their 
thanks for the favor of that visit, I am made the 
bearer of far deeper gratitude to the dear friends 
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