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The Orphanage

Written by Toto

The convent had been built in 1824 and still stands on the same spot. Originally a monastary, the Civil War had left so many children homeless and missing one or both parents that the monks had begun taking them in. In time, the place was turned into a full-fledged orphanage and turned over to the sisters to operate. As the years passed they managed to acquire enough support from wealthy members of the surrounding area to establish a small foundation. With the market crash of 1929 and the ensuing depression the foundation had run on hard times. In order to survive the sisters had to develop new methods of raising funds or be shut down. After WWII, with people having more money and time to spend it, the sisters hit upon a solution to obtain some of that money.......(cont)

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