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were clearly to be seen, .all refused to pay their share. The disgruntled guardsmen and their friends withdrew their patronage from the master, From that time his face was turned toward tho valley of shadows. His beloved Saskia had died. His house and goods were sold to pay his debts. He had but one son living, and then the son, Titus, died too. Poor, lonely, disparaged, Rembrandt spent his last years creating pictures that are now almost beyond price. When he died, at the age of 62, there was hardly enough left in his purse to bury him.—Gano Barton ip the “Mentor.”