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Uncle Joseph opened the door and took his cigar from his mouth "Get in, Florence," he said "I'll take you for a ride" She started violently; whereupon he restored the cigar to hisheavily the while as was his wont, and added, "I' ride Get in"

"I was takin' a walk," she said dubiously "I haf to take a whole lot of exercise, and I ought to walk and walk and walk I guess I ought to keep on walkin'"

"Get in," he said "I'et home!"

Florence stepped in, Uncle Joseph closed the door, and the car slowly bumped onward

"You knohere Herbert is?" Uncle Joseph inquired

"No," said Florence, in a gentle voice

"I do," he said "Herbert and your friend Henry Rooter came to our house with one of the last copies of the Oriole they were distributing to subscribers; and after I read it I kind of foresaw that the feller responsible for their owning a printing-press was going to be in some sort of family trouble or other I had quite a talk with 'em and they hinted they hadn't had much to do with this number of the paper, except the ht full hat theya third party, and said quite a good deal about their fathers and ht they oughtn't to expose this third party--whoever she ht they better not stay too long, because I was co seen in their co to help 'e tio to several of 'e as you please A body ought to be able to live a couple o' months at the movies for nine or ten dollars, I should think"

He was silent for a time, then asked, "I don't suppose your papa andabout you, will they, Florence?"

"Oh, no!" she said quickly "Not in the least! There was nothin' at all for me to do at our house this afternoon"