Live to be Useful

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Unknown. Live to be Useful

CHAPTER I. ANNIE’S PLAN

CHAPTER II. ANNORAH’S FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE SICK-ROOM

CHAPTER III. ANNORAH LEARNS TO READ

CHAPTER IV. THE PRIEST MEETS ANNORAH AT HER MOTHER’S COTTAGE

CHAPTER V. PHELIM BRINGS BAD TIDINGS TO ANNORAH

CHAPTER VI. THE CONFESSIONAL—AN IRISH FROLIC

CHAPTER VII. BIDDY DILLON BECOMES A “HERETIC.”

CHAPTER VIII. ANNIE’S DEATH—ANNORAH’S PROSPECTS

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Monday came, and Annorah came too. It was with a doubting heart and a troubled look that Mrs. Lee introduced her into her daughter’s chamber. It would be difficult to find a plainer-looking or a more awkward girl.

Mrs. Lee looked at the monstrous foot in its heavy shoe, and at the thick, freckled hands, that seemed incapable of the gentle services that Annie’s helplessness required, and wondered at her own folly in indulging the singular caprice of her daughter. But a single look at Annie assured her that she, at least, felt no misgivings. Still, she did not like to leave them by themselves until she had tested the new attendant’s ability.

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“How many of you came, Annorah?”

“Nine, miss, if we consider our uncles and cousins. We did not come altogether; brother John, who is dead, and uncle Mike, came first. And a fine chance to work they got directly, miss; and then they sent money to pay the old folk’s passage. Our hearts gathered coorage and strength at once, miss, and we thought, shure, the great throubles were over. But the next vessel brought the bad news for us, and we forgot the glimmer of hope we had; for it was our own father dear who was dead o’ the cholera.”

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