ney regularly
to the wife, who still obdurately refused to forgive him. (The letters
are part of a series of 27 which were written to him during a ten
months' period.)

_My dear Mr. Andrews:_

I was ever so glad to get your letter this week and I am sorry that
no one has been over [to the workhouse] to see you recently. I will
surely be over within the next two weeks. I know you are anxious and
you should have had a letter telling you about the children. They
are both all right now and the baby is out of the hospital.

We have had a nice talk with your aunt and she is very anxious to
come over and see you. We will all get together and try and plan
what is the right thing to do when you come out. I will arrange it
so we can have a little longer talk this time if possible.

Very truly yours,
DISTRICT SECRETARY.

_My dear Mr. Andrews:_

Your long letter has just arrived. I read it with a great deal of
interest and pleasure. It is fine to know you have already arrived
and have started out to make good on your promises.

I got your cards during the week, which brought the news of your
journey. Also on Tuesday morning came your last letter, expressing
your appreciation for all we had tried to do for you and enclosing
two more thrift stamps for the children. I put these in their books.

Yesterday I had a nice long letter from your father, enclosing one
for me to give to you. I am sending it on just as it is. I was very
much tempted to read it but have not done so. The reason I was
tempted was that I know it must be full of happiness to think you
have made such a good start. At least that was the tone of the
letter he wrote to me.

During the past years I have worked for this society I have seen
many people "come back" strong, and always it has been because they
had some big motive in life and reason for making good. But I have
seldom known a fellow that had so many reasons why he should make
good. You have the confidence of your father and your aunt. You have
the children for whom you will do right. You have Clara, whom you
have wronged and whom you will have to teach all over again to trust
you. Surely all these things added to your own firm will to try and
undo all the unhappiness you have given people, ought to help you
every day as you prove the good stuff that is in y