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... Even Robert's little sister , Emmy , helped her good mother in her small way when she came back from school . As for Robert , he made himself useful indoors and out , and on summer evenings , CHAPTER I ROBERT CHAPTER I PAGE ROBERT.
... Even Robert's little sister , Emmy , helped her good mother in her small way when she came back from school . As for Robert , he made himself useful indoors and out , and on summer evenings , CHAPTER I ROBERT CHAPTER I PAGE ROBERT.
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... mother , for he was clever with his fingers , and liked to be of use . To be helpful to others was thought an honourable thing by his father and mother ; as indeed it is , and our heavenly Father teaches us , in many ways , that work is ...
... mother , for he was clever with his fingers , and liked to be of use . To be helpful to others was thought an honourable thing by his father and mother ; as indeed it is , and our heavenly Father teaches us , in many ways , that work is ...
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... mother and his little sisters and brother unhappy , when , but for his habit of carelessness , they might all have en- joyed being together , and at such times he would resolve to do better , and not to forget . But , alas ! bad habits ...
... mother and his little sisters and brother unhappy , when , but for his habit of carelessness , they might all have en- joyed being together , and at such times he would resolve to do better , and not to forget . But , alas ! bad habits ...
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... mother sitting down there , on an overturned basket , looking flushed and worried . " Oh ! Robert ! Robert ! " she exclaimed , as he ran up , " if I had only known you'd not done what your father told you I'd have done it myself ! I ...
... mother sitting down there , on an overturned basket , looking flushed and worried . " Oh ! Robert ! Robert ! " she exclaimed , as he ran up , " if I had only known you'd not done what your father told you I'd have done it myself ! I ...
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... mother acted as laundress ( there- by earning enough to pay the family rent , and more besides ) , but the garden was trampled and untidy , the garden on which his father looked with just pride . Poor , troubled Mrs. Watson had managed ...
... mother acted as laundress ( there- by earning enough to pay the family rent , and more besides ) , but the garden was trampled and untidy , the garden on which his father looked with just pride . Poor , troubled Mrs. Watson had managed ...
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