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great nuisance to you, of course And I thought you ht--but I ask

your pardon! I see that you wouldn't think of such a thing My dear

young lady, I ies" He put his hand out and patted

her shoulder; "Poor bird!" he said But she shivered away fro down the path

by himself

On the way home he sniffled audibly; and when he reached the entrance

to his own place he stopped, tucked his stick under his arm, and blew

his nose with a sonorous sound As he stuffed his handkerchief back

into his pocket, he saw his grandson lounging against the gate,

evidently waiting for hiht place was

especially obvious here at the entrance The white paint on the two

square wooden coluateway had peeled and flaked, and the

colus, and hung

loosely upon their inner-posts; one of theate which had long ago settled down into the

burdocks and wild parsley that bordered the weedy driveway What with

the canaries, and the cooking, and the slovenly housework, poor old

Si