122 PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS.

smithing, of Mr. Solomon Stark, the
schoolmaster.

Mr. Redmond had several children 5
put among them all, Amanda was my
favorite. How many; many times |
have gone over to Mr. Redmond’s, for
no other purpose in the world, than be-
cause I wanted to have a chat with
Amanda. Though I always found her
busy about something—knitting, oF sew-
ing, oF helping her mother about the
house—I do believe she was always glad
to see me. ‘The kind, true-hearted girl !
I had reason to love her. I knew I
could always depend on what she said.
She never deceived me. Her regard for