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She ive him the "forty kisses" which,

at last, he was ready to accept, and let him chatter of all his

in her

ee which had held a promise of joy, would be turned

over; a new, dreary chapter, with no proin

David came in the afternoon He was a little late, and explained his

tardiness by saying that he had found a toad, and tying a string

around its waist, had tried to play horse with it, up the hill "But

he wouldn't drive," David said disgustedly; "maybe he was a lady toad;

I don't know"

"Perhaps the poor toad didn't like to be driven," Helena suggested

David looked thoughtful "David," she said, "I a away Will you

write a little letter to me sometireat flurry; "Dr

Lavendar ga' lanced at it to see if it needed an answer, but it was only to

ask her to stop at the Rectory before she left town the next ," she said, and David nodded

She was sitting before the parlor fire; the little boy was leaning

against her knee braiding three blades of grass; he was deeply