Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908 · Boston : Hall and Locks · leaf 188
s finding fault and scolding him from morningtill night; and besides,she was so fond of bast-ing that when she had noroast meat to baste, shewould be basting poorDick. At last her ill us-age of him was told toMiss Alice, Mr. Fitzwar-rens daughter, who asked the ill-tempered creature if itwas not a… … 154 The Story Teller lived in the family many years and was an elderly manand very kind iearted. He had once a little son of hisown, who died when about the age of Dick, so he couldnot help feeling a pity for the poor boy, and sometimesgave him a halfpenny to buy gingerbread or a top.The footman…
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