One Carpenter Spent His Savings to Keep Five Young Siblings in His Woodshop

The judge put his glasses back on, his eyes moving over the top of the lenses toward the spectator benches in the back of the room.

“Eli,” the judge said.

Eli sat between his sister Lila and the younger boys. He stood up immediately when he heard his name, his small shoulders squaring under his thin flannel shirt, but he did not step into the aisle.

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