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188 SIX WEEKS H LA CHEEE PETITE KRETAGNE...
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XXIX.—SIX WEEKS IN LA CHEKE PETITE
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« — It was late in the afternoon when we...
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expect extravagant wages , such as 201 . per annum . They may get . engaged things to some scarcel tradesman know 's famil the y duties at that of price their , station and when even it is b found name that they the are poor of
course discharged y ; and _supjDOsing that wages , are the y same , all over the colony , will not engage to go into the bush to be taught , because the farmer ' s wife , getting the same ( or less ) for _lier farm produce than if she
were in England , cannot afford to give more than 121 . or 141 . for a good girl . They would be only too willing to employ them could they have them have homes at that . , You what rate , will an and amount with _exciise good of my happ food sty iness le and and mi comfortable g any ht not inaccuracies those , happy poor , for Lancashire and I respectable am much girls
pressed for time as the mail goes out to-night ; but I do think , it right that if folks any one the thinks very humblest they can g of ive us onl oug y a ht hint to to speak the well ; for -being certainl of our y country I know
many , a ship-load of workers mig * ht be located here if they would work at moderate rates when they come . As to starvation , or any trial of that sort , it is not to be thought of here by any with hands to work . I should like to
enter more on this subject , but am forced to conclude , and begging your forgiveness for intruding upon you , I remainyoursin the cause of humanity
, , , C . S . T . We will furnish , this lady ' s name to any person desirous of
communicating- with her on the subject of the emigration of respectable women . The difficulty on both , sides of the ocean can only _Tbe
removed by the conjunction of many efforts , social and individual ; and no clue , however small , should be lost .
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188 Six Weeks H La Cheee Petite Kretagne...
188 SIX WEEKS H LA CHEEE PETITE KRETAGNE .
Xxix.—Six Weeks In La Cheke Petite
XXIX . —SIX WEEKS IN LA CHEKE PETITE BEETAGNE . Dedicated to A . M . H . W . by B . L . S . B .
« — It Was Late In The Afternoon When We...
« — It was late in the afternoon when we arrived at the old town of
_j > f in Brittany _; and as our days of leave of absence were few Kene was anxious to start at once for the _Cha'teau of his old Aunt ,
the Countess _TrifLne de Keinec . To us , coming from America , where we had been for many years ,
the sight of the green trees , the soft meadows , and the high roofs of our " douce Bret agne " caused intense emotion ; pleasure
undiluted it would have been , if the hand of death had not mowed down nearly all who had made the dear country most dear . For
me , I had lost the few I held close to my heart , and should not have returned at all willingly to encounter j ) ainful memories , but to
be with my only friend , my camarade , my brave Hene . It was late in the afternoon as we walked up the old street to the railway ,
and the hot sun made us appreciate the shadows of the
overhanging storeys of the old gable-roofed houses . We met carts of wood
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1863, page 188, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051863/page/44/
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