141/202 The joy of the husband may be easier imagined than described. The meeting is said to have been indescribably affecting. We trust her example may be followed." Whether owing to Mrs.Brown's influence, or to some more successful speculations, Mr.Brown's financial fortune from that day steadily improved. He bought out his partners in the "Nip and Tuck" lead, with money which was said to have been won at poker, a week or two after his wife's arrival, but which rumor, adopting Mrs.Brown's theory that Brown had forsworn the gaming-table, declared to have been furnished by Mr. He built and furnished the "Wingdam House," which pretty Mrs.Brown's great popularity kept overflowing with guests. |