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The Christmas earnings
The Christmas earnings

Chapter I

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ETHEL FLETCHER'S TEMPTATION.
AUTHOR OF "SOPHIE KENNEDY'S EXPERIENCE," "SIGN OF THE CROSS," ETC., ETC.
NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.
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The Christmas earnings

Chapter I

Reading 1/96 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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ETHEL FLETCHER'S TEMPTATION.
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AUTHOR OF "SOPHIE KENNEDY'S EXPERIENCE," "SIGN OF THE CROSS," ETC., ETC.
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NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
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RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.
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1858

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

762

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From this reading NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.

81

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From this reading RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.

83

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From this reading RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.

85

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From this reading RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.

according

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

Act

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.

AUTHOR

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From this reading AUTHOR OF "SOPHIE KENNEDY'S EXPERIENCE," "SIGN OF THE CROSS," ETC., ETC.

Book

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From this reading NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.

BROADWAY

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From this reading NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.

Centre-street

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From this reading RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.

Church

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From this reading NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.

Clerk's

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

Congress

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

Court

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

CROSS

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From this reading AUTHOR OF "SOPHIE KENNEDY'S EXPERIENCE," "SIGN OF THE CROSS," ETC., ETC.

District

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

ELECTROTYPERS

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From this reading RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.

Entered

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

Episcopal

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From this reading NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.

ETC

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From this reading AUTHOR OF "SOPHIE KENNEDY'S EXPERIENCE," "SIGN OF THE CROSS," ETC., ETC.

ETHEL

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From this reading ETHEL FLETCHER'S TEMPTATION.

EXPERIENCE

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From this reading AUTHOR OF "SOPHIE KENNEDY'S EXPERIENCE," "SIGN OF THE CROSS," ETC., ETC.

FLETCHER'S

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From this reading ETHEL FLETCHER'S TEMPTATION.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

General

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From this reading NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

KENNEDY'S

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From this reading AUTHOR OF "SOPHIE KENNEDY'S EXPERIENCE," "SIGN OF THE CROSS," ETC., ETC.

LINDSAY

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From this reading RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.

NEW

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From this reading NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading AUTHOR OF "SOPHIE KENNEDY'S EXPERIENCE," "SIGN OF THE CROSS," ETC., ETC.

Office

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

PRINTERS

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From this reading RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.

Protestant

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From this reading NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.

PUDNEY

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From this reading RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.

RENNIE

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From this reading RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.

RUSSELL

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From this reading RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.

S

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From this reading NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.

SHEA

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From this reading RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.

SIGN

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From this reading AUTHOR OF "SOPHIE KENNEDY'S EXPERIENCE," "SIGN OF THE CROSS," ETC., ETC.

Society

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From this reading NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.

SOPHIE

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From this reading AUTHOR OF "SOPHIE KENNEDY'S EXPERIENCE," "SIGN OF THE CROSS," ETC., ETC.

Southern

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

States

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

STEREOTYPERS

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From this reading RENNIE, SHEA & LINDSAY, STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS, PUDNEY & RUSSELL, 81, 83, & 85 Centre-street, PRINTERS, NEW YORK.

TEMPTATION

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From this reading ETHEL FLETCHER'S TEMPTATION.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading AUTHOR OF "SOPHIE KENNEDY'S EXPERIENCE," "SIGN OF THE CROSS," ETC., ETC.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

Union

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From this reading NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.

United

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

year

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From this reading Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, AND CHURCH BOOK SOCIETY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

YORK

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From this reading NEW YORK: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society 762 BROADWAY.