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... family . 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.
... family . 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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... 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 , when we allow them ...
... 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 , when we allow them ...
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... sister . " But I'm just going to get ready for school , " replied the little girl . " All right , I'll run all the way ! " said Robert , working away at his boat , but thinking of the broken paling all the while . Every moment he ...
... sister . " But I'm just going to get ready for school , " replied the little girl . " All right , I'll run all the way ! " said Robert , working away at his boat , but thinking of the broken paling all the while . Every moment he ...
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... sister Emmy , a blue - eyed maiden not yet five years old . She was a sweet , unselfish child , and loved Bobby " as much as he loved her . Young as she was , her readiness to give up what she liked to do , if , in that way , she could ...
... sister Emmy , a blue - eyed maiden not yet five years old . She was a sweet , unselfish child , and loved Bobby " as much as he loved her . Young as she was , her readiness to give up what she liked to do , if , in that way , she could ...
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... sisters . All through that warm autumn day , at every pause in his work , as he led the horses in the waggon , and plodded on as he was told , he saw pictures of his lost home rise before him - pictures in which everything he had left ...
... sisters . All through that warm autumn day , at every pause in his work , as he led the horses in the waggon , and plodded on as he was told , he saw pictures of his lost home rise before him - pictures in which everything he had left ...
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