"He limped to the car an' left without a word.
"I returned to my friends an' gently broke the news.
"Sam blubbered 'Education done it,' says he, as he mournfully shook his head.
"'Yes,' I says. 'Education is responsible for a damned lot of ignorance.'
"'An' some foolishness,' says Sam, as he scraped the mud out of his hair. 'Think of our goin' like that. We ought to have known better.' "'We knew better,' I says, 'but we had to keep up with Lizzie.'
"Sam turned toward Lizzie an' moaned in a broken voice, 'I wish it had killed me.'
"'Why so?' I asked.
"'It costs so much to live,' Sam sobbed, in a half-hysterical way.
'I've got an expensive family on my hands.'
"'You needn't be afraid o' havin' Lizzie on your hands,' says Dan, who held the girl in his arms.
"'What do you mean?^ Sam inquired.