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Title: Goody Two-Shoes

Author: Unknown

Release Date: May 13, 2007 [EBook #21428]

Language: English

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GOODY
TWO-SHOES

Copyrighted 1888
by McLoughlin Bro's
New-York.

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GOODY TWO-SHOES.

Farmer Meanwell was at one time a very rich man. He owned large fields,
and had fine flocks of sheep, and plenty of money. But all at once his
good fortune seemed to desert him. Year after year his crops failed, his
sheep died off, and he was obliged to borrow money to pay his rent and
the wages of those who worked on the farm.

At last he had to sell his farm, but even this did not bring him in
money enough to pay his debts, and he was worse off than ever.

Among those who had lent money to Farmer Meanwell were Sir Thomas Gripe,
and a Farmer named Graspall.

Sir Thomas was a very rich man indeed, and Farmer Graspall had more
money than he could possibly use. But they were both very greedy and
covetous, and particularly hard on those who owed them anything. Farmer
Graspall abused Farmer Meanwell and called him all sorts of dreadful
names; but the rich Sir Thomas Gripe was more cruel still, and wanted
the poor debtor shut up in jail.

So poor Farmer Meanwell had to hasten from the place where he had lived
for so many years, in order to get out of the way of these greedy men.

He went to the next village, taking his wife and his two little children
with him. But though he was free from Gripe and Graspall he was not free
from trouble and care.

He soon fell ill, and when he found himself unable to get food and
clothes for his family, he grew worse and worse and soon died.

His wife could not bear the loss of her husband, whom she loved so
dearly, and in a few days she was dead.

The two orphan children seemed to be left entirely alone in