Archy Somerville : and other stories . GRACE BANCROFT. 1 ONCE knew a little girl whose name was Grace Bancroft. She had very light golden hair, blue eyes and such a lovely face, and such win- (64) GRACE BANCROFT. 65 ning manners, that she went by thename of Fairy. So Fairy we will callher. When Fairy was about twelveyears old, her dear father his death Grace and her mo-ther, were obliged to leave theirpretty house, and fine furniture inthe country, and go to live in thecity, for they were very poor, nowthere was no kind father to workfor them, and earn them money. Fairy was very sor
Archy Somerville : and other stories . GRACE BANCROFT. 1 ONCE knew a little girl whose name was Grace Bancroft. She had very light golden hair, blue eyes and such a lovely face, and such win- (64) GRACE BANCROFT. 65 ning manners, that she went by thename of Fairy. So Fairy we will callher. When Fairy was about twelveyears old, her dear father his death Grace and her mo-ther, were obliged to leave theirpretty house, and fine furniture inthe country, and go to live in thecity, for they were very poor, nowthere was no kind father to workfor them, and earn them money. Fairy was very sorry to leave the beautiful garden, the fountain, horses, and, above all, her little room, that her father had furnished 5
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