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much rejoicing but in a
few years came a sad reverse
my brother in law's affairs
became embarrassed and
alas! he concealed the em-
barrassment from my sister
till the last moment, from
mistaken feelings of shame
and tenderness and thus
put it out of her power to help
to avert the impending ruin
His friends helped him but
a dealer in cattle he failed
to a large amount in the end
my sister and her two dear
boys returned to the parental
roof and Mr. Whitburn went
out to the Cape of Good Hope with
letters of recomendation from
the late lamented Mr Whit-
bread the faithful friend
of all whose caused he un-
dertook, and I again left
home going to the sister
in law of the lady whose little
boy I had cared for. This
lady travelled a great deal
and had some time before
offered oto pay a person to
stay with my brother if
my mother would spare me
which then she did not, but
now we think it providential,
we did. We saw a great deal
of the countty but grieving
over the troubles of my
family -- I enjoyed much
less than I might have
done?; and at the end of
two years thought myself