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After the rasses and watch the

clouds sail by, but she would have none of it She haled him away to

the brookside There she showed hi theravel has beenthe whole rapidly until the tin is rubbed quite clean Never

was prosaic task htful They knelt side by side on the bank,

under the dense leaves, and dabbled in the water happily The ferns

were fresh and cool Once a redbird shot confidently down from above on

half-closed wing, caught sight of these intruders, brought up with a

swish of feathers, and eyed the treelet Apparently he was satisfied with his inspection,

for after a few minutes he paid no further attention to them, but went

about his business quietly When the dishes had been washed, Mary

stood over Bennington while he packed them in the bundle and strapped

the o

ho with exhaustless spirits at the a of a

serious nature Bennington, with the heavier pertinacity of enial vein, tried to repeat to some extent the

experience of the last afternoon at the rock Mary laughed his