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with you at New Haven and show you the
graves of two or three of them.”

“They ought to have been put into those
graves a whole head shorter than they were
when living,” said Howard Framingham.

“What do you mean by that?’ fiercely
demanded George, without noticing that he
was attracting the attention of all the people in
the car.

“T mean they ought to have been served in
the same way that they served their good and
gracious king,” replied Howard.

“ Come, boys, you must not fight over again
the battles of cavalier and roundhead. Keep
the peace, I entreat you !”

Howard, after this, maintained a dogged
silence. George contented himself with talk-
ing to Ada, and now and then exclaiming,
“‘ Oh, the beautiful, beautiful Connecticut river.
I don’t doubt it’s a finer river than any Thames
or Severn.”

“ Well, even if it is, brother, wouldn’t it be
better not to brag of it?’ whispered Ada,
timidly.

“T suppose you would be fool enough to let