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CHAPTER II.

CHILDHOOD.

1828-1838. AGE, I-10.

E may find a suggestion of John Parker Burrows' personal appearance in the fact that the lawyer, when walking, would not unfrequently be mistaken for Sir Thomas Lawrence by friends of the latter. A solicitor, fond of his profession, John P. Burrows brought large executive powers to bear upon his work; indeed, to those who watched the rapid growth of the lawyer's practice, it seemed a pity that such ability should not have been called to the bar. In common with his daughter, John P. Burrows was never too busy to help a friend; (in the solicitor's case), working for those not well able to afford law.

Mrs. Burrows spoke of the physician's admiration for her little one. The old doctor would come daily, during bath time, to study "the most beautifully formed baby" that he had ever seen. The child must have had a memory to remember her first lesson that of toddling from mother to nurse! Annie (Gilchrist) possessed "a kind and good father," who recognised ability in his daughter, and did all he could to develop