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There were two wicked men who lived not far off, who were ready to do any bad act if paid for it, and he sent for these men, and bargained with them to take the babes out into the greenwood, and to kill them there. THERE WERE TWO WICKED MEN WHO LIVED NOT FAR OFF WHO WERE READY TO DO ANY BAD ACT IF PAID FOR IT AND HE SENT FOR THESE MEN AND BARGAINED WITH THEM TO TAKE THE BABES OUT INTO THE GREEN WOOD AND TO KILL THEM THERE
the firms which owed him money were bankrupt He was, therefore, a ruined man. Beauty wept because her father was unfortunate and unhappy, and asked him what was to be done. 'Alack, dear child!' he replied, 'I must sell this house, and go to live in a cottage in the country ; and we shall have to work with our hands to put bread into our mouths.' 'Well, father,' said Beauty, 'I can spin and knit and sew very neatly. I daresay I shall be able to help you.' The elder daughters said nothing, but resolved to marry such of their rejected lovers as were richest They speedily found, however, that their rejected lovers rejected all their advances, now that they were poor. 80 be for him if the children were to die before they THE grew to years of discretion, for then he would have ,?A5!s the little boy's three hundred pounds a year, and WOO the little girl's five hundred pounds. He kept them in his own house for a twelvemonth and a day, and then he formed a wicked device to get rid of them both. WITH THAT THEIR TEARS DID FALL THE BROTHER OF THE DYING MAN SPOKE OUT THAT HE WOULD DO HIS BEST FOR THE CHILDREN AND BE TRUE TO THE TRUST THAT WAS LAID ON HIM AND HE SAID MOREOVER THAT IF HE SHOULD WRONG THEM AND ROB THEM OF THEIR RIGHTS THEN HE PRAYED THAT GOD WOULD TURN HIS FACE FROM HIM AND THAT HE MIGHT CEASE TO PROSPER IN HIS UNDERTAKINGS THIS ASSURANCE COMFORTED THE SICK FATHER AND MOTHER AND THEY DIED AND WERE BURIED IN ONE GRAVE THE UNCLE THEN TOOK THE CHILDREN AWAY WITH HIM TO HIS OWN HOUSE AND HE TREATED THEM NOT UNKINDLY YET FOR ALL IT WAS NOT AS THOUGH THEY HAD BEEN WITH THEIR OWN PARENTS IT MUST BE TOLD HOW THAT THEIR UNCLE WAS A COVETOUS MAN AND HE THOUGHT HOW WELL IT WOULD BE FOR HIM IF THE CHILDREN WERE TO DIE BEFORE THEY GREW TO YEARS OF DISCRETION FOR THEN HE WOULD HAVE THE LITTLE BOYS THREE HUNDRED POUNDS A YEAR AND THE LITTLE GIRLS FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS HE KEPT THEM IN HIS OWN HOUSE FOR A TWELVEMONTH AND A DAY AND THEN HE FORMED A WICKED DEVICE TO GET RID OF THEM BOTH
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