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then they would rush faster than ever i

down the rest of the hill. Our little
friends soon joined in the fun, but to-
wards the close of the afternoon, I am
sorry to say, that Clarence .g santo a
quarrel with a boy named Peter Wag-
ner, and knocked him down. .
Peter had snatched away the sled of
a smaller boy, and was enjoying him-
self on it, while the poor little fellow
sat crying at the bottom of the hill.
Ag soon as Clarence saw him, he went

up to him, and asked him what was -

the matter. The little fellow soon ex-
plained the cause of his grief, and
the next time Peter came down the

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