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The youngattachht hichafter they have passed away from earthly life--had left his property wholly in trust to his wife, associating with her one or two other chosen counsellors As long as she lived and re to her affection for her children to make suitable provision for theence of their only son, and the practical man dreaded the consequences He therefore communicated to her verbally, and also embodied in his will, his wish that his son should have no control over the principal of such portion of the estate as would eventually fall to him until he had established a character that secured the confidence of all good ment of the cautious co-executors The provisions of the will still further required that, should the young man prove erratic and vicious, his income should be limited in such ways as would, as far as possible, curb excess

Haldane knew all this, and in the days of his confidence in himself and his brilliant future had often smiled at these "absurd restrictions" The idea that there would ever be any reason for their enforceht of his fond, weakthat he dee of possibility

The wretched youth now sank into a far lower depth than he had ever yet reached He deliberately resolved to take advantage of that mother's weakness, and for the basest ends While under the influence of hope and pride, he had resolved to receive no assistance even fro all that he had lost; but now, in the recklessness of despair, he proposed not only to ask for all the money he could obtain, but, if necessary, extort it by any means in his power

He and the forlorn place of his bitter revery grew more and more into harmony The small, half-finished apartment of the ruinous new house became more truly the counterpart of his life, it was bare; it was unsightly fro walls The possibility of sweet home scenes had passed froht be hidden, or so crime coe before leaving it; for excesses and evil deeds that the mind has deliberately resolved upon are virtually acco-doer is concerned Before leaving his dingy hiding-place Haldane had in the depths of his soul been guilty of drunkenness and all kinds of excess He also purposed unutterable baseness toward the ed mother whom, by every principle of true manhood, he was bound to cherish and shield; and he had in volition more certainly committed the act of self-destruction than does the poor wretch who, under some mad, half-insane impulse, makes permanent by suicide the evils a little fortitude and patient effort ht have remedied There is no self-ainst one's own body and soul