Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 · Boston : Hall and Locks · leaf 139
less babes murdered ;and as no one knew of their death so there was no oneto dig a grave and bury them. The wicked uncle thought they had been killed as heordered, so he told all the folks who asked him aboutthem an artful tale of their having died in London ofthe smallpox; and he then took all… … very unhappy and was always thinking too that hesaw the bleeding children before his eyes he did notattend at all to his affairs, so that, instead of growing richer he grew poorer everyday. Besides this his twosons had gone on board aship to try their fortuneabroad, but they both weredrowned at…
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