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"What's the celebration?" asked Harkless, when Meredith returned

"Picnic down the line," said Meredith

"Nipping weather for a picnic; a little cool, don't you think? One of

those fellows looked like a friend of race He had his hat hung on his eyes, and he

slouched like a thief inon this

side of the car" He continued to point out various fa out enthusiastically, as they drew nearer the town,

"Hello! Look there--beyond the grove yonder! See that house?"

"Yes, John"

"That's the Bowlders' You've got to know the Bowlders"

"I'd like to"

"The kindest people in the world The Briscoe house we can't see, because

it's so shut in by trees; and, besides, it's a ht Don't you like Briscoe? He's the

best they o up toith Judd Bennett in the oun sounds I want to go straight to

the 'Herald' office," he finished, with a suddenly darkening brow

"After all, there ested, with a

little hesitancy "H Fisbee ht turn out more honest than you think"