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She was left alone in the world, with a little boy baby in the cradle and only one cow in the byre. She had hard work to pay her rent, but as there were three or four scythes set in the chimney, and the cow stable had a good lock on it, she thought she was safe from burglars or common thieves. SHE WAS LEFT ALONE IN THE WORLD WITH A LITTLE BOY BABY IN THE CRADLE AND ONLY ONE COW IN THE BUYER SHE HAD HARD WORK TO PAY HER RENT BUT AS THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR SIDES SET IN THE CHIMNEY AND THE COW STABLE HAD A GOOD LOCK ON IT SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS SAFE FROM BURGLARS OR COMMON THIEVES
ook plenty of time to pass through the doors and windholes, for no one person or thing was in a hurry, when they were young. Moreover, when the fireplace was in the middle of the floor, the whole family sat around it and had a sociable time. It was true, as they confessed, when argued with, that the smell of the cooking used to linger too long. The soot also, hung in long streamers from the rafters, and stuck to the house, like old friends. But the greatest and most practical objection of the old folks to the chimneys was that robbers used them to climb down at night and steal people's money, when they were asleep. So, many householders used to set old scythe blades across the new smoke holes, to keep out the thieves, or to slice them up, if they persisted. In Montgomery, which is one of the Welsh shires, there was an epidemic of robbery, and the doings of the Red Bandits are famous in history. Now there was a young widow, whose husband had been killed by the footpads, or road robbers. AY OF GETTING OUT THEN IT TOOK PLENTY OF TIME TO PASS THROUGH THE DOORS AND WIND HOLES FOR NO ONE PERSON OR THING WAS IN A HURRY WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG MOREOVER WHEN THE FIREPLACE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR THE WHOLE FAMILY SAT AROUND IT AND HAD A SOCIABLE TIME IT WAS TRUE AS THEY CONFESSED WHEN ARGUED WITH THAT THE SMELL OF THE COOKING USED TO LINGER TOO LONG THE SOOT ALSO HUNG IN LONG STREAMERS FROM THE RAFTERS AND STUCK TO THE HOUSE LIKE OLD FRIENDS BUT THE GREATEST AND MOST PRACTICAL OBJECTION OF THE OLD FOLKS TO THE CHIMNEYS WAS THAT ROBBERS USED THEM TO CLIMB DOWN AT NIGHT AND STEAL PEOPLE'S MONEY WHEN THEY WERE ASLEEP SO MANY HOUSEHOLDERS USED TO SET OLD SCYTHE BLADES ACROSS THE NEW SMOKE HOLES TO KEEP OUT THE THIEVES OR TO SLICE THEM UP IF THEY PERSISTED IN MONTGOMERY WHICH IS ONE OF THE WELSH SHIRES THERE WAS AN EPIDEMIC OF ROBBERY AND THE DOINGS OF THE RED BANDITS ARE FAMOUS IN HISTORY NOW THERE WAS A YOUNG WIDOW WHOSE HUSBAND HAD BEEN KILLED BY THE FOOTPADS OR ROAD ROBBERS
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