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and perhaps you would like to buy more if
you have been earning any money. It
would be bad to be entirely out of wood this
freezing weather.’

‘¢ ¢ Wouldn’t you like to know?’ said the
man, eruffy. ‘What business is it of
yours-whether I work or not, — whether I
earn money or not? I suppose you think I
am good for nothing but to work for you
and those oreat lazy children. Why don’t
you work yourselves, and earn money, if
you want to spend it ??

“The poor woman was evidently far
advanced in consumption; she was very
thin and weak, and a hectic flush was
painted on her cheek.

‘«©¢Qh, William, I would gladly work,’
she said, ‘if I only knew what to do, and
how to set about it; but I am a stranger’ in

a strange land, and — and —’