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The House by the Church-Yard

CHAPTER LIV
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IN WHICH MISS MAGNOLIA MACNAMARA AND DR.

TOOLE, IN DIFFERENT SCENES, PROVE THEMSELVES GOOD SAMARITANS; AND THE GREAT DOCTOR PELL MOUNTS THE STAIRS OF THE HOUSE BY THE CHURCH-YARD.
So pulse or no pulse, dead or alive, they got Sturk into his bed.
Poor, cowed, quiet little Mrs.Sturk, went quite wild at the bedside.
'Oh! my Barney--my Barney--my noble Barney,' she kept crying.

'He's gone--he'll never speak again.

Do you think he hears?
Oh, Barney, my darling--Barney, it's your own poor little Letty--oh--Barney, darling, don't you hear.

It's your own poor, foolish Letty.' But it was the same stern face, and ears of stone.


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