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The English Orphans

CHAPTER I
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We'll have real nice times, but perhaps you dislike little girls.

Did you ever see one that you loved ?" "Yes, two," was the answer.

"My cousin Ida, and one other." "Oh, who is she ?" asked Ida.

"Tell me all about her How does she look?
Is she pretty ?" Instantly as George had predicted, there came before his vision the image of "a forlorn-looking, sallow-faced child," whom he did not care about describing to Ida.

She, however, insisted upon a description, and that evening when tea was over, the lamps lighted, and Mr.Selden reading the paper, George told her of Mary, who had watched so kindly over him during the weary days of his illness.


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