Upsidonia

at-grandfather is said to have come here as a boy with ten thousand pounds in his pocket; but by

he do it?

s efforts, bought in the dearest markets and sold in the cheapest, and decreased the trade of the firm by leaps and bounds. He married his master's daughter, and she brought him a considerable number of debts. Be

nd my father was brought up in the lap of indigence. But when

e carriage-he was but a child-and was carried inside the prison gates. There he saw the treatment that was then considered good enough for rich malefactors. They drove through a large garden to a fine-looking house, and when the carriage stopped at the door a groo

replied. "Probably making so

had thrown a pot of cavia

ot allowed to

especially to the alleviation of the lot of prisoners; and nothing ever turned him from his purpose. When he grew up, he left home, much against the wishes of his parents, and went to live in one of the richest parts of the town, so as to get to know the wealthy thoroughly, and to be able to help them when the time came for him to do so. He even took their money, and, so far as a man of education could, became like them. Of course, there are many who fo

I murmured sy

, he refused to live like the rest of his family, and, as far as his enfeebled state of health

xtreme plunge that he had himself-and he has told me that she acted like a heroine, and never grumbled at the life of strict affluence they laid down for themselves. I was born in that house, and it was my mother's own wish that we then moved to a larger one, where we have lived ever since. We ha

uld be if a man like my father should suffer disgrace for committing an error which onl

have told me," I assured him. "I would rather go to prison m

sent to Pankhurst, where, chiefly by his efforts, everything is as it should be, and a real attempt is made to raise prisoners. Even in the first division, you

have had the opportunity of judging for myself in this way, and though I don't want to go to prison myself any longer, if it can be avoided, you wou

ly mean that

ow it must seem odd to

me. "I can't tell you how I

his praise. "As long as I remain in Upsidonia," I said, "I should like to live entirely amongst the very rich, and just

r, for they stick to one another wonderfully, and the more respectable among them hide their riches as much as possible. Some of the tragedies of wealth one comes across are heart-breaking. B

that," I said. "I might be able to ta

otion did not permit of much speech. "Yo

re you sure you won't take-I mean are you sure you are qu

r what you have promised to do. We shan't forget it, and anything we can do for