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tutor dancing in the most animated manner
with Bessie Mixon.

*¢ Abominable!” exclaimed George ; “I won-
der what my father would say to that! How
can he disgrace himself by keeping such low
company! Mother says Mr. Starr is a perfect
gentleman; I wonder what she would think
to see him now.”

Bessie quite forgot that there was such a
little girl as Ada Cramer, the latter part of the
evening; but Ada did not forget Bessie. She
thought many times how she should like to
escape from the crowded, heated rooms, and
join Bessie Mixon on the lawn. Yet, it was
right that each should enjoy themselves in the
way provided for them. In this instance, as in
many others, the rich and the poor have their
own peculiar pleasures, and the advantage is
oftentimes on the side of the latter. There is
a more equal distribution of pleasure and com-
fort in the world than young people imagine.
Perfect happiness cannot be attained by either
in this world; but contentment, sweet content-
ment, can be attained by rich and poor.

The party on the lawn separated at eleven