Herself, with a desperate incredulity, she looked into those eyes, which never could look back either her agony or her love.

Poor mother! "John! John! oh, John!"-- the name rising into a cry, as if he could surely help her.

He came and took her in his arms--took both, wife and babe.

She laid her head on his shoulder in bitter weeping.

"Oh, John! it is so hard.