PERSEVERE AND PROSPER.

only tit for tat,’ and she smoothed his
rough hair with her hand again, and looked
at him as if she thought he was a nice
little boy. Arthur put his hand in hers,
and felt quite happy. He was sure he
should like Aunt Julia.

“Where have you left Auntie Mimmie ?”
asked Fanny eagerly.

“She is resting in the middle arbour.
Run on to her, and Arthur and I will follow,”
said her aunt.

- Fanny disappeared directly behind a large
shrub. Arthur walked slowly with his
hand in his aunt’s, and as soon as they
came to the same shrub, his aunt said,
“Now, Arthur, you must let go my hand for
a moment, because there is only room for
one at a time to go through this narrow
passage.” Quite at the back of this large
shrub, there was a small overgrown path,
which was quite dark with branches. They
passed through this, and came out on a
gravelled walk, with flower-beds and shrubs

on each side.
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