A PRESSING INVITATION.

Mimmie then explained to him the ar-
rangements that were being made for forming
a delightful hopping party aty Fairdown,
that season.

‘And now, Mr. Clavering, we. want your
assistance, to complete our party. Walter
tells me that you have only one hop garden,
and that your hops are a week forwarder
than ours; so that yours will be safe in the
oast-house, before we have hardly begun
picking here.”

“That’s quite true,” said Mr. Clavering.

« Now, what we want, all of us, but es-
pecially Mr. D’Eyncourt, Tom, Julia, and
Martha.” <“ And I,”—*« And I,”—*“ And I,
Mimmie,” chimed in all the young ones.

“ Well, all of us, in particular, want you
to bring Mrs. Clavering and Martha here,
for a fortnight’s hopping; and you, ot.
course, to stay yourself, and go over to
Ellesdown just for half a day, when business
requires it, during that time. My sister
Carry, (Mrs. Reynolds,) and her husband,
are coming, and the D’Eyncourts are going

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