Jessy Allan, a Story Founded on Facts (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Jessy Allan, a Story Founded on Facts Not be dispensed with. It was, that Jessy should be punctual to the school-hours, and attend regularly every day. When Mrs. Al lan promised over and over again to observe this rule, she knew very well that she did not mean to keep her word, for, two days in the week, she was obliged to go to the garden where she got her vegetables, and on those days Jessy had to watch the stand, but she just thought within herself, that she had better not tell the truth, lest it might be a di¿iculty in the way of getting Jessy admitted, and that she could easily teach her child to invent excuses, and'tell many lies every week to account for her absence. When the ladies spoke also of the Sabbath 'school, and the importance of being early instructed in religion, Mrs. Allan sighed, and turned up her eyes, and said. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.