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no pangs of hunger could assail them ; and though it cost me 

 an effort to consign those beautiful wee things to the cold 

 and gloom of a temporary tomb, yet it seemed the kindest 

 thing to do under the circumstances ; so, in company with 

 their unsympathizing mother and cousins, they were stowed 

 away in moss and darkness, but in a box instead of the jar. 

 Well ! — that is all ! My ignorance and its sad results were 

 alluded to on p. 165. I can only hope the poor little 

 victims died insensible to their cruel fate. 



