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'T was right and proper , of course , that his wife should go with him , and David would n't have any pleasure in the trip if he had n't little Janey and Willy along . He did set so by those children , it was a privilege to see them together ; he was always one to make of children , David was . She did raise the extra money , this sweet saint , but she ate no meat for a month , finding it better for her health . Joey and Georgie Means , however , never wanted for their bit of steak at noon , and grew fat and rosy under Miss Peace 's kindly roof . It was a pathetic sight when the sick man took leave of the little group of friends and neighbours that gathered on the platform at the station to bid him farewell . He had lost courage , poor David ; perhaps he had not very much to start with , and things had gone hard with him for a long time . He knew he should never see these faces again , this homely , friendly place .