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again, as | bring them some little
money by my playing.” The boy then
bid Maggy good-bye, and thanked her
for her kindness to him; and he said
if ever he found his home, he should
not forget her. .

Time passed on; year after year
passed away, and Maggy still lived
with the Caswells, as she was bound
by agreement to do till she was eight-
een years of age. But when Maggy
was eighteen, she had learned a great
deal, through Matthew's assistance, and
by her own diligence in reading and
studying, for which she took all her