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No. I. Sojourn I3st The Farm-House By Th...
oak-grove which , she is painting , is a spot much resorted to "by the : visitors of the neighboring watering-place of H- — , and basket there sits of
usually , as a natural consequence , a woman with a oran atural ges and tistic bottles ti of th g t inger o the -beer siht for of sale . t Justin iner a , beer who bo has ttles a
_^ nd orange ar peel flung pay about , especiall g y emp in un y accordan gg t localities , remonstrated with the woman concerning the orange-peel nuisance r - d
langu and t his ge , accordin telling her g to tha her t , a own t all accoun events t , , in no oug herself h t to y to measure have colle _col ct
lected and buried the unsightly refuse , offering it then The and woman there , and indi inter gnantl it forthwith y retorted . saying " that for her
part that , she the was more ! and t very here that was it ly was ing a there shame the not , better to leave ; , she " it was for the pleased poor ,
crea " t Live ures b who suction lived / b ' y cried suction Jus ! tina " somewhat astonished . " And _:
pray " Donkeys what y kind , to of be animals sure ! and may w they hen , t be hey ? come " up here with visitors _, t tat alltlad
on ' , who ride ' em withouany animosiy , hey are g enoug J w ell t h as to b get egan t a little to er think snack and tha was . " t the sorry poor to w have oman irritated had lost her her uselessl reason y _,,
prehend by as a refinement . She soug of p feelin ht , , t g here which fore , it to was mollif impossible y her by the for her purchase to com of
some " I oran know ges I ' ve b b y a few y cr kind oss , " words said * the woman , abruptly ; and d
as if touched by Justina ' s altered manner , aded , " Come , young lady , and I'll show you the cause of it . " Then h suddenl i y drawing d
Justina close to her , she opened the handkercief whch covere her bosom , and revealed an awful , heart-rending sight—the ravages of a fearful cancer !
Justina , much shocked , expressed her sympathy , and questioned the " poor Yes , woman Miss , " pursued respecting the her poor sufferings victim ; . " you to can worrit believe I grow and
ni and sometimes ght knowing , as I ' rather ve well had test it as for y how with years it thi will , suffering s horrid be the thing the death Lord of onl me y . knows me Many day what ' s the , hts that
time that I ' ve been a ' most beside myself with the thougcoma into my head of what I ' ve had for to go All throug alon h , and of the trials here the
hour Lord after maybe hour has , with yet in nothing store in me my . ears but e the young grumbling lady , up of the , - seaand this ache in my flesh I've—Lord ha' mercy on me !—often
to thoug the , ht ache o' taking Haven my 't life I then into ? my " she own said hands wildl , and ymaking putting a an rap end id ;
. , , blin movement sea . towards " Haven the 't I point said in of myself the cliff , ' Just which one hung spring * over , Nanny the grum , and - g
in you , a re quieter out of voice this , weary " there world ' s ray poor But husb then and , " pursued at home —my woman poor ,: ;
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1862, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031862/page/14/
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