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    Deer Godchild
    Deer Godchild
    Deer Godchild
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    Deer Godchild

    By Marguerite Bernard and Edith Serrell

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013

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      Deer Godchild - Marguerite Bernard

      The Project Gutenberg eBook, Deer Godchild, by Marguerite Bernard and Edith Serrell

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      Title: Deer Godchild

      Author: Marguerite Bernard and Edith Serrell

      Release Date: August 6, 2004 [eBook #13125]

      Language: English

      Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEER GODCHILD***

      E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Tamiko I. Camacho,

      and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders

      DEER GODCHILD

      BY MARGUERITE BERNARD AND EDITH SERRELL

      PUBLISHED FOR THE FATHERLESS CHILDREN OF FRANCE

      1919

      DEDICATED

      TO OUR FRIEND

      LOUISE HURLBUT MASON

      INTRODUCTION

      A young New-Yorker of twelve lately heard an appeal for the Fatherless Children of France, and his heart was touched. He had no money, but he resolved to give his spare time and his utmost energy to support a kid in France. The French child needed ten cents worth of extra food each day, in order to grow up with strength and courage. The little American godfather earned those ten cents; he sold newspapers at the subway entrance, after school hours, and undertook an amazing variety of more or less lucrative odd jobs. Sometimes business was slow, and it was hard to keep up the game; but he did. He is still, in the true American expression making good for his deer godchild, and doing it with a broad and brotherly grin. He is James P. Jackson Jr. His letters to and from the kid in France are published just for fun—and yet in the hope of encouraging more dear benefactors to join our large family and help along, in the same spirit and with the same joy.

      EDITH SERRELL.

      Greenville Falls,

      November 27, 1916.

      Deer miss Secretary

      How are you? It is al-rite about the french orfan and I wood like a boy between ten and twelve if it is the same to you. At fust dad sed I coodnt have him because there was plenty of rich godfathers who wood take him if I didn't, but mother told him of the apeel you made and that I was goin to raze the money myself, and he sed well I guess you are rite and if he can raze enuf money to raze a kid on he is well come to it, and she sed I guess that is the rite spirit. And so I am sending you 85cts. which is 70cts, fer the fust weak, and you can keep the change which is 15cts, fer the next weak, so I will only send 55cts, fer the fust weak after that. The 85cts. is my birthday money which was on thanksgiving day and I guess the folks will be glad to give me work when they no I am suporting a kid in france.

      Hoping you are well and I am the same I will, close.

      Yours truly,

      James Prendergast Jackson Jr.

      P.S. I shood like his name to be Bill or Pete in french and not one of those girly names if it is the same to you.

      To Mr. James Prendergast Jackson Jr.

      Dear Sir:

      According to your instructions, we have assigned to you André Leblanc, aged 11, No. 18 rue d'Autancourt, Paris, as your godchild for one year. Thanking you for your interest in this worthy cause, we beg to remain

      Very truly yours,

      The Junior Committee for the Fatherless Children of France.

      Greenville Falls, N.Y.

      Dec, 1st, 1916.

      Deer godchild

      How are you? I am very well and I have ganed 5 Ibs. in one weak which makes me 85 Ibs. which is thot very good in America. Have you had much snow? We have had it considerable hear which has spoylt the skating on Frost Lake which is beehind old Sam Bursars house who is our naybor. I am glad you have a short name, I had ruther be cald André than Nickulus, Cristuff or Jean-Marie, but I wood ruther you were cald Bill or Pete or Sniper, but you cant help being what they call you so never mind. I suported you this weak by selling 70 copies of the Greenville Mirror by hand. It is a good paper and shood be patronized. I wakt into Jim Parkers offis he is the editur and sed, Mister Parker, if you have a loose job and no man fer it I am the man you want, and he sed how old are you? and I sed 11. and he sed what you want a job fer? and I sed, O fer a kid I have in France and he sed since I was suportin you if I cood sell 70 copies of the Mirror he wood give me 35 cts. and Mother had give me 15 fer mindin the chikens when she went to Peeks-kill, so I new it would be al-rite, so I sed very well your on. So I took the mirrors and stood on the corner of School street, and bimeby the men begin to come home from the city, and some of them stopt to buy a Mirror and some did not, so I thot I wood make an appeel so I hollered, Buy a Mirror fer a kid in France, and waived it in there faces, and you shood have seen them buy! Enneway I guess the Mirror is a good ole paper, when all the men had come home I thot I wood take the papers to the folks that wernt on the street, like the schoolmaams and the sisters. Well most of them hot fine exept miss Leigh the Sunday school teacher, and she sed the Mirror was a low down politishuns sheet and I sed buy it fer Lily Blanche her help, and she sed

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