Cottage Folk

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Alice Vansittart Strettel Carr. Cottage Folk

Cottage Folk

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THE HOPPERS

A RETROSPECT

THE BREAD-WINNER

HIS LITTLE MAID

A FARM TRAGEDY

A BROKEN TRYST

AN ONLY SON

A WOMAN’S WAGER

A NE’ER-DO-WEEL

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Alice Vansittart Strettel Carr

Published by Good Press, 2021

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“Oh, ’e were a pretty babe, Mr. Martin,” continued she, forgetful for the moment of all but the memories that this seeming touch of sympathy had awakened, and she turned to him with sweet and simple confidence. “Just the prettiest ye ever seed! He might ha’ been a lady’s, so white he were! I done all I could to save ’im, but it weren’t a bit o’ use. And I ’eld ’im in my arms hours and hours arter ’e was dead—’cos I couldn’t believe it, ye see. But I couldn’t put my breath into ’im, though I’d ha’ done it if I could—Lord, I’d ha’ done it willin’!” She drew in her breath with a quick gasp, and added hoarsely: “It do seem ’ard, don’t it?”

“Yes, it do seem precious ’ard,” he repeated, but without looking at her, and his voice as he said it was hard as iron.

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