Jenks, Tudor, 1857-1922, ed · Boston, Hall and Locke Company · leaf 236
he onlywiped his eyes with the back of his hand, and thenstitched away ten times harder than ever. While Tom was doing this, Tony had entered a roomupstairs, and, kneeling down by the bedside, had askedhis fathers blessing. The sick man laid his thin handupon the head of his son, and prayed in… … I hardly think that, father, replied Tony, gaily,for I had no sooner told the alderman how cruellyyou had been cheated of your goods, than he offered toforego part of the debt; but this I declined, as themoney was justly clue. You did rightly,my dear son, but itgrieves me tothink that my…
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