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 Title:  The fountain and the bottle  
 Published:  1997 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | University of Virginia Library, Early American Fiction, 1789-1875 | UVA-LIB-EarlyAmFict1789-1875 
 Description: By Father Frane. “My dear Daughter,—As I write this, you are playing about my room, a happy child, and all unconscious of the great loss you will soon have to bear in the death of your mother. Not long have I now to remain upon the earth. The sands in my glass have run low; the life-blood in my heart is ebbing; a few more fluttering pulses, and my spirit will take its flight from earth.—Ah, my child! not until you are yourself a mother, can you understand how I am distressed at the thought of leaving you alone in this selfish and cruel world! But I will not linger on this theme. “Mr. Guzzler,—Dear Sir:—I find that it won't be convenient for me to lend you the money we talked about. In fact, to tell the plain truth, I hardly think it prudent to risk any thing with a man who neglects his business. No one who lies in bed until eleven or twelve in the morning, need expect to get along. Pardon this freedom; but he is the best friend, generally, who speaks the plainest.
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