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Show SELF-DENIAL. "Ernest," she gasped, choking back her tears, father has lost all!" "Eh?" "Father has lost all," she reiterated, sobbing. "Not all!" he exclaimed. "Yes, all." "Never," he said, bravely, pulling himself together. "You, Miranda, still are left to him. I could not be so cruel as to take the last of his wealth." "Ernest!" "No1" Firmly he held ber off. "Tell him. Miranda, tell him from me, that his generosity toward me demands that I leave what little lies in my power!" Philadelphia Ledger. |