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It was a very quiet, unpretentious funeral; for John McPherson, who knew
the expense of it would fall on himself, would have no unnecessary
display, and the third day after his death Hugh McPherson was laid to
rest by the side of the Dora he had often neglected, but always loved.
As soon as the funeral was over, John returned to London with Lady Jane,
having first given Archie a great deal of good advice, to the effect,
that he must do the best he could with what he had, and never spend a
shilling unnecessarily, or forget that he was a McPherson.
On his arrival in London, John wrote to his sister in America, telling
her of Hugh's death; of his poverty and his debts, and asking what she
was willing to do for the boy who was left, as it were, upon the world.
In due time the answer came, and was characteristic of the writer. She
would pay the mortgage and the debts to the trades-people, rather than
have the McPherson name disgraced, and she would take the boy and put
him in a way to earn his own living at some honest and respectable
occupation.


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