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? ? ? ? "Little girl, have you heard from your brother lately?"
? ? ? ? "Not very lately, sir."
? ? ? ? "What is he doing?"
? ? ? ? "He is in a store."
? ? ? ? "I apprehend you are mistaken. He has lost his place. He has been turned away," said the deacon, with satisfaction."
? ? ? ? "Frank turned away! Oh, sir, you must be mistaken."
? ? ? ? "Mr. Pomeroy told me. He found out yesterday when he went to the city."
? ? ? ? Poor Grace! she could not longer doubt now, and her brother's misfortune saddened her even more than her own.
? ? ? ? "Probably you will soon see your brother."
? ? ? ? "Oh, do you think so, sir?" asked Grace, joyfully.
? ? ? ? "Yes," answered the deacon, grimly. "He will find himself in danger of starvation in the city, and he'll creep back, only too glad to obtain a nice, comfortable home in the poorhouse."
? ? ? ? But Grace knew her brother better than that.
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