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— an unfortunate day came when the husband died. The Widow had him buried beneath a black walnut tree.
His illness used up their money, so the woman found herself with little more than the cottage she lived in and the tree shading her husband’s grave.

The tree provided a small income from its walnut crop. Still, she needed more to raise her son decently. In great secrecy —