If he could have known that he was an orphan, left to the tender mercies of church wardens and overseers, perhaps he would have cried the louder.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
Garry had continued to thank them both for their good word to the church wardens-and he himself now and then spent an evening at MacFarlane's house without Corinne, who generally pleaded illness; but the little flame of friendship which had flashed after their arrival in Corklesville had died down again.
"Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero"
F. Hopkinson Smith
He proposes, then, that the Dominion Government should secure a suitable tract of wild land within easy reach of each of the principal centres of population throughout the country, make it accessible by means of roads and trails, put it in charge of competent wardens, make it a sanctuary for the wild life of the neighbourhood, and throw it wide open to the people.
"Among the Canadian Alps"
Lawrence J. Burpee