rs and cleaners in my home and a lot of dirt and confusion."

"Where is thy economy now, John?"

"When God turns again and blesses Hatton, He will come with both hands
full. The mill is in beautiful order, ready for work at any moment. I
will make clean and fair my dwelling; then a blessing may light on both
places."

It was in this spirit he worked and as the days lengthened his hopes and
prospects strengthened and there was soon so much to do that he could
not afford the time for uncalled anxiety. He was quickly set at rest
about his wife and daughter. Jane wrote that they had received a most
affectionate welcome and that Martha had conquered her uncle and aunt's
household.

Uncle is not happy, if Martha is out of sight [she wrote] and Aunt
is always planning some new pleasure for her. And, John, Uncle is
never tired of praising your pluck and humanity. He says he wishes
the Almighty had given him such an opportunity; he thinks he would
have done just as you have done. It was a little strange that Uncle
met a great Manchester banker the other day, and while they were
talking of the trouble, now so nearly over, this man said,
"Gentlemen, a great many of us have done well, but there is a
cotton-spinner in the Yorkshire wolds that has excelled us
all--one John Hatton. He mortgaged and sold all he had and kept his
looms going till the war was practically over. His people have not
been idle two months. What do you think of that?"

Some man answered, he did not think it was extraordinary, for John
Hatton of Hatton-Elmete was of the finest blood in England. He
could not help doing the grand thing if it was there to be done.
And then another man took it up and said your blood and family had
nothing to do with your conduct. Many poor spinners would have done
as you did, if they had been your equals in money. Then the first
speaker answered, "We can do without any of your 'equality' talk,
Sam Thorpe. What the cream is, the cheese is. Chut! Where's your
equality now?" Uncle told me much more but that is enough of praise
for you, at once. Martha and I are very happy, and if all the news
we hear is true, I expect you to be living by the factory bell when
we get home. Dear, good John, we love you and think of you and talk
of you all the day long.

JANE.

Jane's letters came constantly and they ga