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Stnri w' : Ten , little b-y, 'e was not suprsed tr be 1-
thy. His mn* nr was c d 1 wa arn t rc %Ther his birth his
.mater st rcOd t return tf re e- e of her -,S'"ther, td
but" pv r m en wh ws enr~ftd in :-r sinr his livili. d nd t-st
o" h.s - m'ril r from .'e oil. In this ew rlv d .:+. if Tiex Is 6Chere
wer e ' c r. e, bu; ,.'j . ' e' mn :- .' e tr . a ew
4 .r rom em: ym : ;ecurcd Li? t. , 715, e.p'cndehd a re-
Curen i'...1.esses of he :-n eri ' ruert ...ld her,
wh'il. e si ing vth he r n . by his bed s.ld, "y.u ' ...1 n .r
retr aKes child. "
One igh>t o the oCCsi n2 & , .artcu1lr vtir: lent attack
f. his receurent illness, for :,i;ch t~e dci.r d kindly pro-
subscribed , particular biw cr s thartic Johnnie could not sleep.
He culd but he.er the crnversetion of his mother ,nd the good
ldy attempting to be o' comfort to her.
"he dIctor said be thugt he {rld be tII riht in a
few da s; it seems . e. re . cs .ure "r the trouble unless he
'outgrows it' which bhe so.s is int eventnt"
Se is just like r'aw sSter's cld, d e sred
I dv, "tand he died ast the age of nine ter suf'e ring rribly."
Johnmie's mot'er then ber' n to weep violently .nd speak
of te rtsons wv she d scA r:anted him to live -rnd rog into a
