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Old Bob's Son single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1927... 1927 Old Bob's Son
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When ten-year-old Willie's schoolteacher mother catches typhoid and dies he is left alone. Nothing is known of his family and Bob the teamster announces he will adopt him. Bob is a kindly man and Willie is happy to become his son, but their plans are upset by a visitor to the small town.

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