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. 1897 Excerpt: ...Billy, (drawling) Go-o-os! Cinders (grabbing Billy's hand) Come along, Billy, I got de sack, too. United we stand, perwided we fall. Standish. What's your name, girl? Cinders. Cinders, sir. Standish. I mean your real name. Cinders. Dat's all I ever had to it. No bang in front--no bustle behind--only jus' Cinders. Billy ...
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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. 1897 Excerpt: ...Billy, (drawling) Go-o-os! Cinders (grabbing Billy's hand) Come along, Billy, I got de sack, too. United we stand, perwided we fall. Standish. What's your name, girl? Cinders. Cinders, sir. Standish. I mean your real name. Cinders. Dat's all I ever had to it. No bang in front--no bustle behind--only jus' Cinders. Billy.. They found her on a cinder pile out in the factory yard. Cinders. Yes, sir; one cold winter mornin'. Mother was absent-minded. But the ashes were jus' warm enough to keep me alive till the fellers foun' me. They took keer o' me till I was big enough to walk. And the factory was my dry nuss. Billy. She never had no mother 't all. She was just sifted down on that cinder pile straight from heaven. Standish. (aside) Poor little devil! (aloud) Come, get back to work, both of you. Cinders. Then we don't get the G. B.? Standish. No. Now, will you show me the way into the factory? (cinders and Billy both make a rush to the door, E. U., push it open, and stand on opposite sides, bowing very low. Standish saunters out between them. Billy and Cinders, without raising themselves in the least, link arms together, pass out behind him--still keeping bowed. The door, L. 2 E., opens, and Mr. Knowlton enters. His manner is nervous, as though he were laboring under suppressed excitement.) Knowlton. Margaret is here. They must not discuss the wages of the people before my child. (Enter Warner, L. 1 E.) Have you seen them? Margaret and Standish; they came over to the works together. Warner. Your daughter here? You and your partner----What is your decision regarding the men? Knowlton. Patience a moment. Warner. You, who have been robbing me all these years--you ask me to be patient? Knowlton. So would you beg of me, if you had a daughter's love to 'keep. I told ...
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