The Burden
Mary Bennett was one of those women who always have to have somebody less fortunate than themselves to live and toil for. When John Bennett, her husband, was sentenced unjustly to state pris... Read allMary Bennett was one of those women who always have to have somebody less fortunate than themselves to live and toil for. When John Bennett, her husband, was sentenced unjustly to state prison for a petty crime, she took in her brother Will and supported him in idleness on her ea... Read allMary Bennett was one of those women who always have to have somebody less fortunate than themselves to live and toil for. When John Bennett, her husband, was sentenced unjustly to state prison for a petty crime, she took in her brother Will and supported him in idleness on her earnings. Will did not know what it was to be grateful. He would go off for days at a time w... Read all