My Pretty Sister 



Esther was not strong enough to do 

 much work about the house, so she used 

 to help my Mother In her little glass and 

 china shop in Ship Street, and my Mother 

 used to say she was sure the customers 



often bought more than they at first in- 

 tended because of Esther's bright looks 

 and pleasant manners. She was only 

 seventeen, but she had a sweetheart, John 

 Muller, a sailor, and a good fellow too. 

 His mother's father was a German, who 

 had played the fiddle in George IV.'s 

 German band ; -and John had a touch of it 

 in him, and could play with pretty feeling. 

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