"We will have a sale." "A sale!" "Yes, a sale.

And this will give you more money.

We will live at half the present cost, and you will get back into your business at least a thousand dollars that never should have been taken from it." "But the sacrifice, Mary!" said Wilkinson, as if seeking an argument against his wife.
"Did you never hear of such a thing," she replied, "as throwing over a part of the cargo to save the ship ?" "Bless you! Bless you, Mary!" exclaimed Wilkinson, in a broken voice, as he hid his face upon his wife's bosom.

"You have, indeed, saved me from shipwreck, body and soul, just as I was about to be thrown upon the breakers! Heaven will reward your devoted love, your tenderness, your long-suffering and patient forbearance.

Thank God for such a wife!" And the whole frame of the strong man quivered.
It was many minutes before either of them spoke; then Mr.Wilkinson lifted his face, and said calmly-- "Yes, Mary, we will do as you propose; for you have spoken wisely.