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Chapter 10 - (VERSO)

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other, one of consumption and one of pneumonia, they left nothing but debts and a little furniture. The house had been a rented one.

The bidding on the various poor articles of household gear put up for sale was not brisk, but had an element of resigned determination. Carmody people knew that these things had to be sold to pay ^(begin superscript)the(end superscript) debts, and they could not be sold unless they were bought. Still, it was a very tame affair.

A woman came out of the house, carrying a baby of about eighteen months in her arms, and


TEXT ANNOTATION

From "Pa Sloane's Purchase."