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I had had it for two days, and it was still at the botto, and that piece of india-rubber I had chewed for

hours to make a pop patch I had nearly spent it twice--the first tie white neatly-sewn balls, with "Best Tennis"

printed upon them in blue; the second ti tireat

fascination for me, and I had actually entered the shop door toseemed to stop me, and I ran home

And now I thought I would go and spend that coin

I slipped quietly to the other , and had a good look round, but I

could not see that boy, for if I had seen hi sure, as I did, that he had a spite

against h, he was nowhere visible, so I slipped

downstairs, ran along the lane to the big gate, and walked boldly in

There were several people about, but they took no notice of htly about their waists

and legs; there were reat sheds,

where they see baskets, quite a h oblong baskets big enough to hold me, but besides these

there were piles upon piles of round flat baskets of two sizes, and