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Mr Pontellier gave his wife half of the ht away

fro before She liked money as well as most

women, and accepted it with no little satisfaction

"It will buy a handso present for Sister Janet!" she

exclai out the bills as she counted them one by one

"Oh! we'll treat Sister Janet better than that, ood-by

The boys were tu that

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favorite, and ladies, oodby to hi,

as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road

A few days later a box arrived for Mrs Pontellier from New Orleans It

was from her husband It was filled with friandises, with luscious

and toothsome bits--the finest of fruits, pates, a rare bottle or two,

delicious syrups, and bonbons in abundance

Mrs Pontellier was always very generous with the contents of such a

box; she was quite used to receiving theht to the dining-roo with dainty and discrireedily, all declared that Mr Pontellier was the best

husband in the world Mrs Pontellier was forced to admit that she knew

of none better