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"And was there nothing to tell of your past life?" "There wasn't much to tell, you see  I was so small. AND WAS THERE NOTHING TO TELL OF YOUR PAST LIFE THERE WASN'T MUCH TO TELL YOU SEE I WAS SO SMALL
 rose, and there was a flood. This I was told by my uncle and aunt, as I am going to call them. Who my father and mother were I never knew, except from what I have heard, but it seems that Mrs. Stonington was mamma's aunt. "In the flood our house was washed away, but I, then a small baby, was found floating on a sort of raft tied to a mattress on a bed. I was taken to a farm house, and found pinned to my dress was an envelope." "Just an envelope?" "Yes. There might have been a letter in it, but if there was it had been washed out in the flood and rain. But the envelope was addressed to Mrs. Stonington here, and she was telegraphed to. Her husband hurried on, for he knew of the flood and feared for his wife's relatives who lived in that town. He took me back with him, and I have lived with Uncle John and Aunt Sarah ever since." "But your father and mother, Amy?" "No one ever knew what became of them. They--they were never found, though a careful search was made. I was the only one left. E WAS A TERRIBLE STORM THE RIVER ROSE AND THERE WAS A FLOOD THIS I WAS TOLD BY MY UNCLE AND AUNT AS I AM GOING TO CALL THEM WHO MY FATHER AND MOTHER WERE I NEVER KNEW EXCEPT FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD BUT IT SEEMS THAT MISSUS STONINGTON WAS MAMMA'S AUNT IN THE FLOOD OUR HOUSE WAS WASHED AWAY BUT I THEN A SMALL BABY WAS FOUND FLOATING ON A SORT OF RAFT TIED TO A MATTRESS ON A BED I WAS TAKEN TO A FARMHOUSE AND FOUND PINNED TO MY DRESS WAS AN ENVELOPE JUST AN ENVELOPE YES THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LETTER IN IT BUT IF THERE WAS IT HAD BEEN WASHED OUT IN THE FLOOD IN THE RAIN BUT THE ENVELOPE WAS ADDRESSED TO MISSUS STONINGTON HERE AND SHE WAS TELEGRAPHED TO HER HUSBAND HURRIED ON FOR HE KNEW OF THE FLOOD AND HE FEARED FOR HIS WIFE'S RELATIVES WHO LIVED IN THAT TOWN HE TOOK ME BACK WITH HIM AND I HAVE LIVED WITH UNCLE JOHN AND AUNT SARAH EVER SINCE BUT YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER AMY NO ONE EVER KNEW WHAT BECAME OF THEM THEY THEY WERE NEVER FOUND THOUGH CAREFUL SEARCH WAS MADE I WAS THE ONLY ONE LEFT
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