The children in the wood- . The gentleman and lady then affection- IN THE WOOD. 5 ately embraced their children, and soon*after expired. The uncle was»for a shorttime affected at this sad sight; but he soonopened the will, and found that to Williamwas left three hundred a year, when hecame of age; and to Jane, the sum of fivehundred pounds in gold; but if the chil-dren should die in infancy, then all thewealth was to be enjoyed by their The two little innocents were now takento the house of their uncle, who for sometime treated them with the greatest kind- ?MM am 6 THE CHILDREN ness; b
The children in the wood- . The gentleman and lady then affection- IN THE WOOD. 5 ately embraced their children, and soon*after expired. The uncle was»for a shorttime affected at this sad sight; but he soonopened the will, and found that to Williamwas left three hundred a year, when hecame of age; and to Jane, the sum of fivehundred pounds in gold; but if the chil-dren should die in infancy, then all thewealth was to be enjoyed by their The two little innocents were now takento the house of their uncle, who for sometime treated them with the greatest kind- ?MM am 6 THE CHILDREN ness; but before twelve months hadelapsed, he had forgotten the promisesmade to their parents, and he could nothelp wishing for their death, as he shouldthen have the wealth for himself; atlength he said—<c It will not be very diffi-cult for me to kill them, so as for nobodyto know any thing of the
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