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A few weeks subsequent to this time, as Miriam sat reading the
morning paper, she came upon a brief account of the arrest, in New
Orleans, of a "noted gambler," as it said, named Burton, on the
charge of bigamy. The paper dropped to the floor, and Miriam, with
clasped hands and eyes instantly overflowing with tears, looked
upward, and murmured her thanks to Heaven.
"What an escape!" fell tremblingly from her lips, as she arose and
went to her room to hold communion with her own thoughts.
Three years have passed, and what has been the result of the widow's
new experiment? The school prospered from the beginning. The spirit
with which Edith and Miriam went to work made success certain.
Parents who sent their children were so much pleased with the
progress they made, that they spoke of the new school to their
friends, and thus gave it a reputation, that, ere a year had
elapsed, crowded the rooms of the sisters. Mrs. Darlington was a
woman who had herself received a superior education. Seeing that the
number of scholars increased rapidly, and made the pressure on her
daughters too great, she gave a portion of her time each day to the
instruction of certain classes, and soon became much interested in
the work.
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