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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Sturdy and Strong: Or How George Andrews Made His Way

Sturdy and Strong: Or How George Andrews Made His Way

G. a. Henty

Paperback

Fiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1523340290
ISBN13: 9781523340293
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jan 13 2016
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
You heard what he said, George? Oh, mother, mother! Don't sob so, my boy; he is right. I have seen it coming a long time, and, hard as it seems, it will be better. There is no disgrace in it. I have tried my best, and if my health had not broken down we might have managed, but you see it was not to be. I shall not mind it, dear; it is really only for your sake that I care about it at all. The boy had ceased sobbing, and sat now with a white set face. Mother, it will break my heart to think that I cannot keep you from this. If we could only have managed for a year or two I could have earned more then; but to think of you-you in the workhouse! In a workhouse infirmary, my boy, his mother said gently. You see it is not as if it were from any fault of ours. We have done our best. You and I have managed for two years; but what with my health and my eyes breaking down we can do so no longer. I hope it will not be for long, dear. You see I shall have rest and quiet, and I hope I shall soon be able to be out again. Not soon, mother. The doctor said you ought not to use your eyes for months.

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