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Orphans
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Jerusha leaned forward watching with curiosity - and a touch of wistfulness - the stream of carriages and automobiles that rolled out of the asylum gates. In imagination she followed first one equipage, then another, to the big houses dotted along the hillside. She pictured herself in a fur coat and a velvet hat trimmed with feathers leaning back in the seat and nonchalantly murmuring "Home" to the driver. But on the door-sill of her home the picture grew blurred.
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― Daddy-Long-Legs
― Daddy-Long-Legs
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If your brother can't 'old 'is own against a bunch of orphans, 'e'd best leave off playing 'azard altogether!
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― The Weaver Takes a Wife
― The Weaver Takes a Wife
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