Upside Down: Or, Will and WorkLee and Shepard, 1871 - 252 pages |
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... live through it . The last stay has been taken away from us . We must starve now , or go to the almshouse . ” " O , no , ” said Becky ; and she spoke firm- ly , and even cheerfully . " It can't be so bad as that . " " Read the letter ...
... live through it . The last stay has been taken away from us . We must starve now , or go to the almshouse . ” " O , no , ” said Becky ; and she spoke firm- ly , and even cheerfully . " It can't be so bad as that . " " Read the letter ...
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... live . " But now he was dead . Like a stroke of lightning that fells the sturdy oak , so sud- denly had death come . Well might his sis- ter cry that her " last stay " was gone ; for in his death she had lost all . For eight years her ...
... live . " But now he was dead . Like a stroke of lightning that fells the sturdy oak , so sud- denly had death come . Well might his sis- ter cry that her " last stay " was gone ; for in his death she had lost all . For eight years her ...
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... live for . Besides , fifty dollars will go a great ways . I have a great knack of get- ting things cheap , and if you say so , I'll try my hand at shopping for you . ” " I wish you would , " answered Mrs. Down , helplessly . " You can ...
... live for . Besides , fifty dollars will go a great ways . I have a great knack of get- ting things cheap , and if you say so , I'll try my hand at shopping for you . ” " I wish you would , " answered Mrs. Down , helplessly . " You can ...
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... die before I get there , and I shall never live to come back . " " There , there , " said Miss Riggs , whose tiny fingers were flying like magic ; " it's a great undertaking , I know ; but it won't do ON THE WAY . 29 CHAPTER III ON THE WAY.
... die before I get there , and I shall never live to come back . " " There , there , " said Miss Riggs , whose tiny fingers were flying like magic ; " it's a great undertaking , I know ; but it won't do ON THE WAY . 29 CHAPTER III ON THE WAY.
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... lives are spared us , " were their mother's parting words . Then the boys stood in the doorway , and watched the two black figures , and the small black hand - satchel , down the road . And besides these three pairs of eyes , there were ...
... lives are spared us , " were their mother's parting words . Then the boys stood in the doorway , and watched the two black figures , and the small black hand - satchel , down the road . And besides these three pairs of eyes , there were ...
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