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Aunt Jane’s Nieces Out West

CHAPTER II
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That was when you two young ladies came walking up the street and were dragged out of danger by the foreman of the shop--in other words, by myself.

The owner's daughter, bewildered by the confusion, hesitates what to do or which way to turn, and as she stands upon the sidewalk she is crushed by the falling wall, together with several of her father's employees." "How dreadful!" exclaimed Patsy.
"Of course no one was actually hurt," he hastened to say; "for we used dummy figures for the wall to fall upon.

In the final scene the bereaved father suddenly realizes that he has been working and accumulating only for this beloved child--the child whose life he has sacrificed by his miserly refusal to protect his workmen.

His grief is so intense that no one who follows the story of this picture will ever hesitate to repair a building promptly, if he learns it is unsafe.

Do you now understand the lesson taught, young ladies ?" Mr.Werner's dramatic recital had strongly impressed the two girls, while Uncle John was visibly affected.
"I'm very glad," said the little man fervently, "that none of my money is in factories or other buildings that might prove unsafe.


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