UNCLE JOHN’S PARTY.

will do because you always do what is kind.”
whispered a little blue-eyed girl, who was
sitting on his knee.

“Then, I must mind what I am about
another time, if you little folks know what
I am at without seeing me.”

“Oh, there’s no fear of your being seen
in any mischief,” exclaimed a lad of four-
teen, who was standing at his elbow. “ But
tell us, if you please, uncle, whether William
is likely to get better. I should so like to
see him again, he used to help me to fly my
kite when I came to see you. He was
always so obliging, and nothing ever put him
out of temper,”

“Nothing ever put him out of temper,”
Mr. Wilson repeated. ‘Never out of tem-
per! What an excellent character to have.
I wonder how many of us have the same
said of us,” he added, and he looked slyly
from one to the other.

“Did you go to see William Smith,
uncle?” asked another of the little folks.

“Tl tell you. But you all talk so fast

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