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A Trip to Louisville

           Thencamequarrels,drinkingonbothsides,finallyadivorce.Mr.TuckerTannerdidnotappeartoclaimhisdamagedlove,buttheaforementionedIraGeorgeCarter,apennilessnever-do-wellofthesamegenerationandsocialstanding,offeredhimselfandwasaccepted.Bythefirstmarriagetherehadbeenonechild,agirl.Bythesecondtherewasanotherchild,aboy.IraGeorgeCarter,beforethechildrenwereoldenoughtoimpressMrs.Carterwiththeimportanceoftheirneedsorherownaffectionforthem,hadsquandered,inoneridiculousventureafteranother,thebulkofthepropertywilledtoherbyherfather,MajorWickhamHedden.Ultimately,afterdrunkennessanddissipationonthehusband’sside,andfinallyhisdeath,cametheapproachofpoverty.Mrs.Carterwasnotpractical,andstillpassionateandinclinedtodissipation.However,theaimless,fatuousgoingtopiecesofIraGeorgeCarter,theloomingpathosofthefutureofthechildren,andagrowingsenseofaffectionandresponsibilityhadfinallysoberedher.Thelureofloveandlifehadnotentirelydisappeared,butherchanceofsippingatthosecrystalfountshadgrownsadlyslender.Awomanofthirty-eightandstillpossessingsomebeauty,shewasnotcontenttoeatthehusksprovidedfortheunworthy.Hergorgeroseatthethoughtofthatneglectedstateintowhichthepariahsofsocietyfallandonwhichtheinexperiencedsocheerfullycomment.

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