Children's Literature
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She was, for her years, so ugly and so ancient, and hardened in voice and skin and manner that she fascinated him. Not that a man who has no To-morrow in view is likely to be pa...
4. Chapter 4"Ah," triumphantly, "they was all answers--they was the first answers I ever 'ad. When I first come 'ome an' it seemed as if I was goin' to be swep' away in the dirt o' the stre...
3. Chapter 3The man tried to eat his food with decorum, some recollection of the habits of better days restraining him, but starved nature was too much for him. His hands shook, his eyes fi...
1. Chapter 1Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 460-h.htm or 460-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/4/6/460/460-...
5. Chapter 5"But there is," said the girl. "Ain't there now, curick? There's a lot o' work in yer yet; yer could do all sorts o' things if y' ain't too proud. I'll 'elp yer. So 'll the curi...