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A STBANGE CHANCE. 327
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V _ Chapter I. On A Cloudless Morning 1 ...
"beautiful dreamsIbut afterwards only with regret . One perfect , condition had been destroyed for herand that dearer one , upon
, which she had dared to lookcould never be attained ; but this was , the secret of her own heart .
She threw her work upon the table as she heard George's step approachin " I have broug g the ht door you of a the present room Elizabeth , and rose , " to he meet said , him as he . entered .
, " " A Yes present , " he , rep George lied , p ? lacing " she exclaimed one of the . children before ht be her , and
taking off its cap that its hair as well as face migseen . " What "Why do George you think , " she of exclaimed it ? " , her face crimsoning as she spoke ,
, " whose child is this ?" " "I Whose should do you Augusta think ? ' " s" he she asked rep . liedwith a slight tremor in
her voice" if say it were not impossible , , here , , and in such a dress . " " I was , anxious to find if youtoo"would discern the resemblance ,
, , or In whether as few the words stamp as was possible one visible he related to my fancy the occurrence alone . " of the
recoil morning of pain and the in Elizabeth design he ' s heart had formed took the . For form a of moment resentment the sharp ; she her
better struggled angel with triump the bitter hed , and desire she to onl thwart y replied and , " _opjDOse You may him rel ; but y upon
it , George , that I will strive to do my part in this , if other things onl She y work took out the rightl children y . " into her bedroom , which was a small
apartment adjoining the parlor , to put down their capes and hats , try could ing possibl to conciliate imag and ine make to them . But happy it was by all the the cape kind of things the little she
y say and boy it his was mother for him had her named words as flowed " Tommy easiest " . that Not she from first any unloosed predi- ,
lection fellow as for need him be , for seen , he and was not a one chubb at y all , calculated common-place to insp little ire
interest . As she lifted , the cape from the neck of the other , her hand trembled , and , in spite of herself of her , a heart suppressed she tried sob in burst vain ,
as it seemedfrom the very depths ; to the sp burning eak cheerfull , lava of y to her him suffering ; she had , which no words strove , almost only tears irresistibl , hot tears y for , to ask
escape . After some time she mastered herself sufficiently , " " And Mlast what is your name called , my me dear Charley little " boy he ? rep " liedin a tone
not much y louder mammy than a whisper , " and , my other mammy , sometimes called me Charleyand sometimes other names . "
He " And appeared how old to are consider you , , Charley it carefull ?" y over for a moment or two ,
and then said" I don't knowbut I think Tommy does . " . Tommy , thus , _apj > ealed to , , very readily gave in his information
by saying , " Mammy thinks he ' s five " .
A Stbange Chance. 327
A STBANGE CHANCE . 327
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1861, page 327, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011861/page/39/
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