THE LUCKY FIND
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In a small village somewhere in Enjf«' land there lived a widow with twai children, a boy and .' girl, whose names were Jack and Betty. Their mother,., who was very poor, took in sewing in order to- earn a few more pence. Butoften they went to bed hungry and ■ cold, as they couldn't afford fires. One day when Jack and Bett# wero in the woods' Jack found a gold watch. . "I wonder who it belongs to?" he sail to Betty. • "I'm sure 1 don't know," repliei Betty, who was as mystified as Jack. When they showed their mother* she said they hnd better take us to the grocer" to put in the window* as somebody was sure to claim it. Sa they gave it to Mr. Miggs, the grocer* to put in the window amongst the sugai| and barley and other things. After a' few days, no one had come to claim this watch, but Jack and ■- Betty thought theyj had better wait a little longer. One day when Jack and Betty wera in the village, they saw a stranger. It was very seldom a stranger ever cama to the village. He came up to tha children and said, "Have you heard oH a gold watch being found? I lost it in the woods, on Wednesday. It was a keepsake given to me by my old mother, who died last year." "Why, yec," said the children iii chorus." "Wo found it on Thursday; morning, and we gave it to Mr. Miggs, the grocer, to put in the window, hop« ing that somebody would claim it." "Thank you,'? said the tall stranger. "And will you show me where "M.% Miggs's shop is?" "Certainly," said Betty. After the stranger had got his watch, he said to Betty, "You remind me of my sister, Mary Fleming, who married a man named Joe Hall." "Why," said Betty, "that wag mummies maiden name!" "Well, then, your mother must be my sister, and I am your uncle Dant Come along. We will go and see your mother and tell her the news," said their new uncle Dan. When Mrs. Hall heard the news shs cried with joy. Now Jack and Betty live in a.lovely'country mansion, and they are poor lio longer, as they live with their uncle, who is a very rich, man. Jack and Betty say it's all through their lucky find in the woodi, "SUNNY JOY." (13),: City.
THE LUCKY FIND
Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 111, 13 May 1933, Page 20
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