This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...a year after our daughter died--cold, caught arter her confinement, sir--my missus and me was crossing the he&h--we didn't live here then--when we heirs a woman moan and a child a-crying. fVe soon found where it came from, and tlere was a tramp, as sold tapes and things, Hng on side of the path, too ill to walk. Sie'd ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...a year after our daughter died--cold, caught arter her confinement, sir--my missus and me was crossing the he&h--we didn't live here then--when we heirs a woman moan and a child a-crying. fVe soon found where it came from, and tlere was a tramp, as sold tapes and things, Hng on side of the path, too ill to walk. Sie'd tried her strength too far, sir. She'd )een ill of some'at as had brought her dwn. My missus said she looked like death, /ad I run for the doctor. But he warn't - use; he said when he got there as she wagdyin'; and so she did." Dick almost wished that he had pt been quite so curious and had spared hUself the unpleasant recital. "Bessy, as you seed, sir, -vas that woman's child. As it was Chrtmas time, sir, my missus says, 'Jem, ' saS she, 'I'm very lone when you're away, sMetimes'--I was a carrier then, sir--' anf you don't mind, I'd like to keep that girl, because'--I'd seed it, too--'she's so like what our Johannah was;' and so we took to her." "Very kind of you both," said Dick; "but you'd have done that all the same if it had not been Christmas time." "I don't know that, sir," said Jemmy; "but the snow was on the ground, and there'd been that hard frost, you may mind of it, sir; and No; I think Christmas time had a deal to do with it." "Well, anyway, it was kind of you," said Dick. "Have you smoked all the tobacco I gave you? Oh, yes, you have! Here, take this." "Thanks, mister, I'm sure," replied Jemmy, emptying the pouch into his old hat, which seemed to be as general a receptacle as was Dick's patent expanding portmanteau. "It was lucky for me as we did take that gal, sir," continued Jemmy, "seeing how carriering failed altogether ...
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