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thunder storm arose, II They took shell
tai" If, m Inn 81, the High road, and while
the waite I'd there some rough men began
b The talk and the chink Of the money
reused the old man 8 falling senses. SS} He
Imagined i,inlselfsstill gambling to win the
/ old fortune for title Nell. He made her!
give him the money she had earned from
tho ssvaxworks Joined the gamblers and IN
few hours had lost y all His ins an r..
$ity& had made him forget the presence enc oft
N the child he 80 loved and when the game
was lone Il vas TOO late 70 lleaye me
Finn that Al ght:
Little Nell had nqw only one pi leg, ~
money left, g gold piece seWed 81 y heI
his she haa 70 cnanse g 81 pay
n Tor heir " hen she was apeu
she could not sleep for rear OF me W'cked 81
men she mad seen gam y Diing.
hen at last she ieli asleep she Wak -
sud denly to see g figure IN the room she
was too frightened g scream =, ana liay
very still ana q pteo y Inc per
searched her clot NJ look ne rest s OF
the money ana wen out she 81 we 8 oread-
fully afraid he NIL mt rettirn 3to narlr1
| her. II she could get 70 her gra ndfat her,
she thought, she would pc safe MI 5yss2i
tg She opened the door 80 tly and IN; the
moonlight saw the figure entering the 3oi e
Y mans room. 5ne caugh q view q 3 MS
face and then she knew that the figure
was her o wnS grand father ana that, crazed
by the gambling seen ne himself mad
robbed her. a
Ss All that light j tile Nell lay and cried.
She knew. to be sure 7 hat her grand faith,
wat not hlef end thai heeid not
Il know what he was 90 - 8 when = es stole
i her money, but she knew, too, that - 4
people found out he was crazy hey ould
Z be apt to take him g. " from her 9 nd;
shut him up where she could not pc g with
him, and this She could not bear to think
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A; Next day, when they had gone bnck To-
the wax works, she q was In ever greater
terror for fear he should rob Mrs. ia ley
their benef actor go, TO lessen the chance
Of this. each day she gave him every PEN
ny she earned: This 1, she soon knee he
gambled away. Tor Of en- he was out all
night, and even seemed to sl1un her, 50
she was sad and took many long walks
alone through the; fields. saS
One evening Ut happened that she pass
ed 1aS meade low where beside aS hedge "a fire
was burning nd 4 lree snner, were sit
ting and wing arc und It; ssg6 She was IN
the shad oW d and hoy did not see her:
One she saw was her gran dfat her, and
| the other were the @galnbl ers Will " homs
he had played in,lthe Inn the ight Of the.
storm. .5sS.i Sss* s
E4 She creptf Gle = az we're tempting
the poor daft OLD ma INTO steal the money
from Mrs. farley 81 strong box, al nd while
she listened he consented Is, she ran home
IN terrible grief. SheH Tried to sleep, but
could not last she GO uldg bear tstt no
She went TO the old mans room
a g, q swakened him. g s 9
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tota Sninl, cream o1san# old gray shalred
man sllke you oDplngs people OF gold.sBl
cannot stayl /, cannot leave you here
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the crazy oia Iaans she seemed an
crossed himselt IN rear. ana ~
tl..io 5ner arm she led
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meant the travellers No ia rn, M s,nr
awhile ti,ev hera n 10 ,lrinx "a s,nrraiad
and fonri,t among thamsalvas1 and .
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sang to them to quiet them d p - "
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and were most ! ra,,,a - ah;,m
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gave gave them anything an. they lived for for,