[{"node":{"title":"Lingard019","Collections":"Chapter 3","Contributor":"Lingard Estate","Coverage":"1972","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, March 10, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Lingard019","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"God, Albert, Bonny","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/lingard019","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Lingard019_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff17\n\nthe soldiers that who patrolled the streets. She made efforts to control\nthem but awas often too tired to do very much and although their father\ndisapproved in principle he did little about it. \"Kids will be kids,\" he said.\n\"Sure they're all the same. I'd have done the same at their age.\"\n\nA loud sound like a gun shot made them all leap towards the door.\n\"Holy Mother of God,\" said Mrs McCoy, as she followed her husband\nand Brede out txxx into the street.\n\nMr McCoy was shaking his head and laughing.^\n\n\"Boys,Albert, you gave us a queer fright for a minute there,\"\nhe said.\n\n\"xxxxxxxxx It's only Uncle Albert's car,\"said Brede to her mother.\n\nHer Uncle Albert's car was rusty and ancient and her mtoher\noften declared it was only a miracle that it kept going at all, and\nthat it was a mystery to her as to why Albert should deserve such\na miracle   at all. He had eleven children at the last count and\nnever did a day's work if he could help avoid it. He lived on Social 2\nSecurity and sponged off his numerous brothers and sisters whenever\nthat money ran out.\n\n\"Now listen, Pete,\" said Mrs McCoy to her husband,\" don't you be\ngiving him anything. He never gave you back the xx last pound he\nborrowed.   We've penty mouths to feed ourselves. We've hardly enough to feed ourselves.\n\nAlbert got out of the car and joined them on the pavement.\n\n\"WhyMy, you're growing into a bonny girl, Brede,\" he said.\n\"You'll be going up to the altar before we know itx.\"\n\nBrede blushed\n","Type":"Text"}}]