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102 HENRY'S BIRTHDAY.<br />
CHAPTER<br />
XV.<br />
THE SICK BOY.<br />
"I will run now," said Henry, on his return<br />
from the factory village,<br />
" and inquire about<br />
Harry Scovill, the sick boy."<br />
"I wish you would," said his mother.<br />
Some may perhaps wonder what connection<br />
this had with birthday presents and doing good.<br />
I will tell you. The family of Mr. Scovill, one<br />
of Mr. Williams's nearest neighbors, had been<br />
long and sadly afflicted by disease. None of<br />
them had died, but some of them had suffered<br />
almost everything else— death alone excepted.<br />
Among their number was one fine young man,<br />
I
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