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"There, Dauphin, tell nificent old lady, as she deposits her queen very quietly and folds her arreeable to your feelings"

"Ah, you witch-ame off you? I should have sprinkled the board with holy water before we began You've not won that game by fair means, now, so don't pretend it"

"Yes, yes, that's what the beaten have always said of great conquerors But see, there's the sunshine falling on the board, to show you more clearly what a foolish ive you another chance?"

"No, Mother, I shall leave you to your own conscience, now it's clearing up We o and plash up the mud a little, mus'n't we, Juno?" This was addressed to the brown setter, who had jumped up at the sound of the voices and laid her nose in an insinuating way on her o upstairs first and see Anne I was called away to Tholer's funeral just when I was going before"

"It's of no use, child; she can't speak to you Kate says she has one of her worst headaches this o and see her just the same; she's never too ill to care about that"

If you kno much of human speech is mere purposeless impulse or habit, you will not wonder when I tell you that this identical objection had been made, and had received the same kind of answer, many hundred times in the course of the fifteen years that Mr Irwine's sister Anne had been an invalid Splendid old ladies, who take a long tiht syhters

But while Mr Iras still seated, leaning back in his chair and stroking Juno's head, the servant came to the door and said, "If you please, sir, Joshua Rann wishes to speak with you, if you are at liberty"

"Let hi "I always like to hear what Mr Rann has got to say His shoes will be dirty, but see that he wipes them Carroll"

In two minutes Mr Rann appeared at the door with very deferential bohich, however, were far froave a sharp bark and ran across the roos; while the two puppies, regarding Mr Rann's pros frorowled over thereat enjoyment Meantime, Mr Irwine turned round his chair and said, "Well, Joshua, anything the ? Sit down, sit down Never , you rascal!"