| 21the sun had risen. – Her [cross out] cloak was once more wrapped
round her n her poor baby, n faint with cold n hunger she
stole from the house. – Ah this bitter [2 words crossed out] [wint'ry - written above] day did she
wander from house to house – [ 2 words crossed out] [enquiring for work - written above] – That
she was refused, is no indication of inhumanity, for what
person would think of [?] into their service, so
readily n [miserable - crossed out] [? - written above] looking [wretch - crossed out] [creature - written above], with a half fam-
ished child in her arms. – Several persons gave her some
change, n some food n some [poor ? - crossed out] [small houses - written above], she ventured
to ask leave to rest n warm herself. – The day was almost
spent – night was coming on. She would not willingly
lay down in the market place or street, n rousing her
flagging [?], she dragged herself to a large n handsome
house she ran at a distance – The door opened n she
made [?] her application [with a - crossed out] [in - written above] broken accents – her
face was blue with cold – she staggared n leaned against
the door-way. – When the servant saw her, he took her
for a [?], [?] wretch, n slammed the door in
her face. — | 21the sun had risen. – Her [cross out] cloak was once more wrapped
round her n her poor baby, n faint with cold n hunger she
stole from the house. – Ah this bitter [2 words crossed out] [wint'ry - written above] day did she
wander from house to house – [ 2 words crossed out] [enquiring for work - written above] – That
she was refused, is no indication of inhumanity, for what
person would think of [?] into their service, so
readily n [miserable - crossed out] [? - written above] looking [wretch - crossed out] [creature - written above], with a half fam-
ished child in her arms. – Several persons gave her some
change, n some [ford?] n some [poor ? - crossed out] [small houses - written above], she ventured
to ask leave to rest n warm herself. – The day was almost
spent – night was coming on. She would not willingly
lay down in the market place or street, n rousing her
flagging [?], she dragged herself to a large n handsome
house she ran at a distance – The door opened n she
made [?] her application [with a - crossed out] [in - written above] broken accents – her
face was blue with cold – she staggared n leaned against
the door-way. – When the servant saw her, he took her
for a [?], [?] wretch, n slammed the door in
her face. — |
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