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the decision against them. Fred Wilfer was not
there to testify on his own behalf ; his wife had
a confused and unlikely tale to tell. It was no
wonder that the English cousins, having a per-
fectly good will to show, made in their favor,
got the property.

So by the time another Queen’s Birthday
had come around, Betty and her mother were
obliged to move out of the beautiful red brick

house. Even the furniture had to be left for it

was not theirs to take.

There was still a little money in the bank,
for Mrs. Wilfer had lived with strict economy
when she saw how things were likely to go with
them. She rented a tiny place on Clover Hill,
and by taking in sewing and working early and
late she succeeded in earning enough to buy
food for herself and Betty.. As Mary Mulligan
sang her praises as a needlewoman in every
house where she washed, there was always
plenty plenty of work for Mrs. Wilfer—too
much for her strength.

Anxiety and longing for her husband were
eating her heart out. In her first letter she had
implored him to come back. But it turned out
that that letter and several others followed
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