The book The Cry of the Children a Study of Child Labor was written by author Mrs John Van Vorst And Marie Van Vorst Here you can read free online of The Cry of the Children a Study of Child Labor book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Cry of the Children a Study of Child Labor a good or bad book?
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" He drawled his words ; they seemed to drib- ble slowly, without intelligence, from his mouth, like the tobacco juice which spilled over his lips when he spoke. Immediately I concluded: a drunkard's quarrel, of course. ^*Why doesn't your little sister go to school ! " I asked. * ' She 's ten years old. ' ' ^^Wal, she's a ben goin' to the mill sence I was struck. That's three weeks. We'll send her back to school as soon as I kin quit loafin'. There's seven of us, you see . . . " He laid his fre...e hand on the little head of the youngest child by his side. There was some- thing gentle in the touch, and the baby, lifting her face toward him, rubbed contentedly against his arm. Perhaps he wasn't a drunk- ard after all. . . . 62 THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN **YouVe been out of work three weeks!" I repeated. **Yes, meaum. I had thirteen stitches in my wrist and head. ' ' *^How did you get to fighting?" He shifted from one foot to the other, emptied his mouth in a long black trail, which glistened on the wooden floor, and began in his nasal monotone: ^^My sisters went down to a party here, an' papa feound eout 'twas goin' to be a dancin' party, and he deon't alleow my sis- ters to dance, so he went an' took 'em away, an' this fello' was right provoked, an' he did some smart talkin' abeout my father, an' I won't stand that, so I tol' him real sharp to min' his business, and then we got to fightin'.
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