Le Petit Nord, or, Annals of a Labrador harbour . and this in spite of the fact that we are no longerdining off one herring. She says that her ambi-tion in life is to become like a fat pig! Last night,[53] LE PETIT NORD when the children were safely tucked in bed andI had sat down to write to you, piercing shriekswere heard resounding through the stillnessof the house. A tour of investigation revealedTopsy creeping from bed to bed in the darkness,pretending to cut the throats of the girls with a. large carving-knife which she had stolen for thispurpose. To-day Topsy is going around with herhan
Le Petit Nord, or, Annals of a Labrador harbour . and this in spite of the fact that we are no longerdining off one herring. She says that her ambi-tion in life is to become like a fat pig! Last night,[53] LE PETIT NORD when the children were safely tucked in bed andI had sat down to write to you, piercing shriekswere heard resounding through the stillnessof the house. A tour of investigation revealedTopsy creeping from bed to bed in the darkness,pretending to cut the throats of the girls with a. large carving-knife which she had stolen for thispurpose. To-day Topsy is going around with herhands tied behind her back as a punishment,and in the hope that without the use of herhands we may have one day of peace at Topsy, kindness and severity alike seemunavailing. She steals and lies with the greatestreadiness, and one wonders what life holds instore for her. [54] ANNALS OF A LABRADOR HARBOUR We have just admitted three children, so wenow number more than the three dozen. OneHttle mite of five was found last winter in aLabrador hut, deserted, half-starved, and nearlyfrozen to death. She was kept by a kindly neigh-bour until the ice conditions allowed of her beingbrought here. The other two, brother and sister,were found, the girl clothed in a sack, her oneand only garment, and the boy in bed, minuseven that covering. This is the type of child whocomes to us. The doctor in charge has just paid me a says there is an epidemic of smallp>ox in theisland, and he
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