Sowing and Reaping

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Sowing and Reaping, by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Edited by Frances Smith FosterThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Sowing and ReapingAuthor: Frances Ellen Watkins HarperRelease Date: February 10, 2004 [eBook #11022]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SOWING AND REAPING***E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Andrea Ball, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading TeamTranscriber's Note: This document is the text of Sowing and Reaping. Any bracketed notations such as [Text missing],[?], and those inserting letters or other comments are from the original text.SOWING AND REAPINGA Temperance StoryA Rediscovered Novel byFrances E.W. HarperEdited by Frances Smith FosterChapter I"I hear that John Andrews has given up his saloon; and a foolish thing it was. He was doing a splendid business. Whatcould have induced him?""They say that his wife was bitterly opposed to the business. I don't know, but I think it quite likely. She has never seemedhappy since John has kept saloon.""Well, I would never let any woman lead me by the nose. I would let her know that as the living comes by me, the way ofgetting it is my affair, not hers, as long as she is well provided for.""All men are ...