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but neither of these, as far as we could 

 learn, although they were very well to do, 

 gave much towards the support of the old 

 father, a little rheumatic cobbler, living In 

 great cheerfulness, and poverty. In Pool 

 Valley. Thither every Saturday night 

 went Sukle, and It was the only walk she 

 ever took. Although she had left her 

 country home as a mere girl, and had lived 

 with my mother ever since, she had never 

 lost her first exaggerated terror of crossing 

 roads, and going among streets full of 

 strange people ; or If she had lost It, she 

 would not own to It, feeling It perhaps as 

 a falling off from her cherished traditions 

 and a concession to our corrupt and silly 

 town notions. She took with her on these 

 occasions half a crown from her week's 

 wages, carefully wrapped In paper, and a 

 dish of roast apples or some good thing 

 from my mother's homely bounty ; and In 

 this way she supplemented his little earn- 

 ings to the best of her power. I never 

 heard her complain of the unfillal maker of 

 leather breeches, and miller, for she had a 

 proud brave heart ; but their neglect of 

 their father must have been an untold hurt 

 and anger to her, for she loved the little 

 old cobbler with a strong daughterly love, 

 impassioned by pity. Sukle was with my 

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