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“ Huzza, girls, I’ve found work ! ”

‘This brought his mother to the cottage-door.

She, too, had pleasant tidings. ‘The father was still improv-
ing. He had been sitting up nearly all day, and was now
sleeping, as Dame Brinker declared, “ just as quiet as a lamb.”

 

‘“HUZZA, GIRLS, 1°VE FOUND WORK!”
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