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Show POORORPHANS. A sample of Cold Coast English mm It U Written. This Is a copy of a letter receive from the cold coast at the Chnrck Army Headquarters In London. "Sth May, 1900. Dear Sir We hav the honor most respectfully to submit this our humble application throng your generosity, Bladishment, kind-less, kind-less, and to put this Before yoii tm understand our poorest living, aa both our parents are oblations and also we are a young of age, and the elder is Twenty years and the younger is nineteen. But to this we get not one to look after us. and of which we are very legulious in this tribulation Africa. Therefore we humbly beg vour munificent honor, and to send for us your poorest orphans servant Ws most humbly trust that you would be pleased to take this Awful matters into your favorable consideraion, and to vouchsafe to us an early reply and oblige. Important Note, Please send your passage tickets to us and your poor orphans will be with you at once, hoping this our bad writing will meet you in a good approbation and send for us at once to your Training religious re-ligious school. And your poor orphans or-phans will obey all your instructions. We are Yours obedient servants, Messrs. J. Ward Printson and Isaac R. Ashongg." |