Ashton was touched by the thoughtful kindness of his long-sufferingwife, and he went over to where she was sitting and tenderly kisseder. ‘You have been a true, good wife to me,’ he said; ‘God neverblessed a man with a better one. So sinned against, and yet soforgiving; so faithful, so loving.’ Tears were in his eyes as he spoke,and then he gently kissed her again; but Ruth never uttered a word.
