it. "Besides," said the lawyer, laughingly, "remember, your father paid
still less for it."

Disappointed and chagrined, Mr. Pinole returned to his home.

Through the untiring efforts of Mr. Raymond, the picture was at last
sold to a wealthy gentleman, who paid a high price for it.

The money which Mrs. Laurier realized from this sale enabled her to live
with her two daughters in comparative ease and comfort. The two girls
soon married well-to-do merchants, who succeeded in purchasing Mrs.
Laurier's former house, which happened just then to be on sale. It was
large and sufficiently commodious to admit of the two families occupying
it. The best room in the house was accorded to Mrs. Laurier.

The families lived together harmoniously, and vied with each other to
brighten the declining years of the mother's peaceful life.




MEMORIES AWAKENED




Chapter

I. The Change of Circumstances