SAD NEWS
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"Poor Uncle Jack!" went on Mr. Bobbsey, with a sigh. "I am sorry to say I have bad news about him," he went on to his wife, but the children heard, though he spoke in a low voice.
"Uncle Jack!" cried Nan. "I hope he isn't dead!"
"No," answered her father, "but he is very ill, and he must go to a hospital, I am told. It's too bad about him."
