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,31;2 ' BM^^B. v . G-REplN'.
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Sad And Appalling As Are Some Of The D.E...
_strugg-le f l -against ;; it . long and ,. in vain , ; . ancLat _. wpuldy ; no ¦¦ ¦ doubt , compel the hapless girl very soon to _forswear _Jieyself . : _> _; i <
And the . old woman was Tight . ,. By and ? by _^ the _,, girl ' s excitepresented inent . was a calined han _^ , erchie and with £ to her a look palli , of d ; si iriend _^ _TbnTissi 7 who on _^ and was despair _jnstconir , she
pleting * her , frosting w _^ rk , _^ wi _^ j &> . rec _^ est that ; / she ? would / tie _^ it firmly round her face , so as to guard the nose and ears . ;; The _e-hul-r
scattere dren ceased d in fe their > ni ; the place violets , a dust , and was r as ; rai th _^ _ded , wliiph wreath caused _^ p ieces a general : were ,
simultaneous sneezing . The children are each supplied with a pin , - and ; as . the . pieces , are / . . separated , a ; " green ; powder _" is ;
disturbed and inhaled with very serious consequences to . health and > sometimesto life itself . v _-.-. ;;[ . _:: J 1 : //•
, , _; r _, ; , that ; .. The she g _; irl mi , g latel ht not y so imbib _agitatecl e the ., set fatal _-fcled dust herself , and in as a she reclined lay ty position ing , ¦ the ,
flowers as . they ¦ svere ; prepared by .. the children , she noted with concern that . her companion was not sharing the pernicious
task—, " Come , Katy , " slie . said , in an _. _exppstulatory and beseeching tone _. _( _., f I _33 _i not , going tp ; do ' em , '' said Kiaty , in a low but decided
from . The the old elder woman , girl , , who now : turned had . utterl with y _^ an disregarded expression a of similar surprise , . avowal and
apprehension at ; this ¦ announcement ' , * / Katy . ' s yea was yea , and her nay was Not do .. ' em : ; ! _ ' . ' . echoed ., ;; . . . . .,... the _. .,,. elder ( : ¦ _., - ; ., _> _' g irl . ¦ . : ¦ : _-- panting : ¦ ¦ .. _. _[ , - ' . with _•¦ ¦¦ ; .. renewed . _- . - -,-. " = _, ¦ ¦ :
excitement . . ' _...... _'¦ .. . .... -: -. ¦ .. , ¦ ¦ .. ¦¦ . .:-. ¦ •• ¦ . ¦ .. ¦ _¦ ¦ ; V There _"is _^ . ' ' ; is : ; ' ; : in . ;; most __ // _' _' women ; .:, _"Z _~ a _. _^ mysterious " . _' .. ; .. ... . ' _^ reserve _U _^ _-a _^ ¦ of ' u . _, fortitude . . _. ¦ . The . -
gentle mother whom the flutter of a sparrow would frighten as she sits humming a lullaby by her cradle , would , if that _, cradle were
assailed , expand into a tigress , . and give battle to an armed man . Katy had _Tbeen kept . " . on green " without any remonstrance except
an occasional tear , which would , now : and then escape her control . She had "been kept on it till her face was one mass , of soresand
she was _threatened with blindness , and then she remarked on , _completing her deadly ; task ,.,, " That ' s the last I . shall do of emerald
green . " She had quietiy reviewed alternatives , and made her decision . : ; .. , .
. " Then what am I to do ? " asked the elder girl after a -pause . " How am I , to _sret the order in ? the , children 'U _, be no use by
tomorro _^ v . noon , ( the children were already sniffing in concert . ) They'llbe on the floor like ppispned rats before the pieces are picked .
Oh , you must , Katy . ! , " .. she continued ; _a , make caps for : your ears of . oilskinFye some goldbeater ' s you miht put over your
face-T--, g you " must I don _^ hel t think p me _anything ;; I don't of car ; e the what goldbeater , I pay a 's bunch skin" — reniarked a shilling . the " ,
old woman with candour . _^ Fanny , Lee tried all that , sort o' thing ; but la ! it got _down _herthroatit must _getsoraewJIaere"
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1861, page 312, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071861/page/24/
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