[ { "chunk": 99, "story": 17, "summary": "In a travellers' hut a man tells how hard times sent him upcountry for work, away from a wife he loved, and how he fell in with another woman.", "predicament": "A man who left his wife behind to follow work drifts into another life far away, and tells the story for sympathy." }, { "chunk": 100, "story": 17, "summary": "His conscience worked on him, he says, so he slaved for a year to save money and went to find his wife, who was struggling alone.", "predicament": "A man who deserted his family is driven by conscience to work and save, then go back to try to make amends." }, { "chunk": 101, "story": 17, "summary": "He waylaid his children and knocked at sundown; his wife only said, 'Well, so you've come back'; he stayed a year, then deserted her again for good.", "predicament": "A man returns to the wife he deserted, is met with weary resignation instead of forgiveness, and in time leaves again for good." } ]