| |
| there in a state equally | |
| corrupt of mind & body | |
| (if I may phrase it so). | |
| One leg was amputated | |
| and for nearly 3 weeks he was | |
| literally kept alive on | |
| Champagne wine alone. | |
| [I have never seen such | |
| another case.] When he | |
| recovered, as there was | |
| not a soul to take any | |
| charge of him, I brought | |
| him home with me, | |
| with two other boys, | |
| one a Russian, both of | |
| whom have turned out | |
| admirably. | |
| Alas for poor William | |
| Jones. And yet not alas! |
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