Harper's Young People, November 30, 1880 (Illustrated)

""I say, mother, Bill Joyce has run away!"" cried Eddie Stevens, rushing into the kitchen swinging his school-bag over his arm.
""Has he, indeed? Well, I'm not very much surprised, for he has behaved very badly ever since his father died. I'm sorry, though, for poor Mrs. Joyce. She'll be all alone now, and I don't know how she'll get through the winter.""
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""She wanted Bill to pick the apples, an' he wouldn't, an' so he jes' got his best clothes, an' went down the road to Moorfield Stat...