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This is one of Mrs. Sherwood's Moral and family tales, fervently religious and moral short stories written for children, in which their own innate sinfulness is emphasised, as well as the dire consequences which will befall them if they slip from the path of rigorous Christian virtue. The Tales sold in large numbers, and were extremely popular (among well-meaning adults) as Sunday school prizes and Sunday reading in God-fearing households.
The full text can be read online or downloaded free of charge. It is in XHTML format, like this page. Please note the file size is 69kb and it may take some time to open-up if you choose to read it online. Downloading for reading later may be the preferred option and this can be typically achieved by calling up an option box. If you have a mouse and it is configured for left click to select, right clicking the link may give you this option. Link to the full text of Master Alfred Seymour from Moral and family tales.
When the proud, unpleasant, selfish and snobbish Alfred Seymour is rescued from the river by humble Harry Marson, whom he has previously patronised and bullied, the results are two-fold. Harry, having been brought up at the Seymours' house, becomes butler to Alfred (though we are told he was "more like a brother"), while Alfred is transformed:
God did use all those sufferings for his good; and from that day he was even more loved by the people about him than he had been hated before it.
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