Penny Dreadfuls, 1890 · page 174 of 235
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BEAUTIFUL BUT POOR. 165 net and shawl literally worth more than the entire wardrobe of Miss Scrimp, her dress and her bearing that of a lady. — ‘““‘Sakes alives! Who’d have thought she had such clothes here,’?’ was Miss Scrimp’s exclamation, as her ‘cheapest boarder,”’ as she had called her more than once, left the door. Eomicboo cS €oO a]