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and clothed him out of her earnings, although
he was idle, and cruel enough to scold and
abuse her when she tried to reason with him,
and refused to let him bring his bad compan-
ions to her home. At last he stole nearly
all she had, and pawned it; and among other
things, some bonnets and caps belonging to
the people who employed her, given as _pat-
terns for her to copy. These she had to pay
for, and lost her situation besides. By. de-
grees all her clothes, her home, and all she
had, went for food; and then this wicked boy
left her, and the next thing she knew was
that he had been taken up with a gang of
burglars concerned in a jewel robbery. That
day she had seen him in prison, and he was
to be transported for seven years; so the poor
creature, mad with grief, was about to end
her life. Dick and his father would not
leave her until she was quiet, and promised
them she would go and get a bed and supper
with the money they gave her, and they prom-
ised to see her again the next day at a place
she named. The next morning they went to
the address, and found a crowd round the