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 friends agin, and everything is so sad, Aunt Samantha," sez she.

And agin I told her, "It is always the darkest jest before day, Anna."

But little did I think whose small hand it wuz that wuz goin' to lift the cloud and let the light of reconciliation into the darkened home life of Hamen and Tamer and bring their hearts together agin. A Hamen realizin' his own weaknesses and waywardness and softenin' into a feeling of pity for the blind mistakes of a Tamer, and being willin' to jine hands and hearts with her agin and pick up the tangled threads of life and try to straighten 'em out into plain runnin' agin. Oh, poor little Jack! dear little creeter!