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I have told you of the wreck ; but words 

 would fail to tell of all the love and care and 

 attention that was bestowed for weeks — aye ! 

 for years, up to this day — on the little one. 

 Only the recording angel can note such things, 

 and only the God of love can reward them. 

 Not that either Jack or his wife think of 

 rewards either from earth or in heaven, for 

 their love is wholly unselfish and all-satisfy- 

 ing ; and were only the boy well and strong, 

 I am sure that in all these realms there could 

 not be found a more perfectly happy trio 

 than Jack the fisherman, little Jack, and his 

 adopted mother. Unfortunately it was dis- 

 covered that in some way the child's back 

 had been injured in the storm. For months 

 he lay between life and death, at last to 

 recover partially only in health, and without 

 the use of his poor legs. 



" Many friends have come forward with 

 help, and great London doctors have seen 



