"Whatever it may have been, I have nothing to do with it. I pity the

gentle lady, but I cannot accept her bounty for Nora's child," said

Hannah, dismissing the subject from her thoughts and returning to her

work.

In this manner, from one plausible motive or another, was all help

rejected for the orphan boy.

It seemed as if Providence were resolved to cast the infant helpless

upon life, to show the world what a poor boy might make of himself, by

God's blessing on his own unaided efforts!




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