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They go to the swing. Order. Ellen puts back the playthings.

“Well,” said Livingston.

“Yes, children,” said Caroline. “Let us go to the
swing.”

So Caroline arose, and pushing the playthings aside,
was about to follow Livingston and Wallace out to the
swing, when Ellen Linn said to her,

“ Let us put the playthings in order first.”

“ Oh, no,” said Caroline, “Susan will do that. I hate
to put things in order.”

“Then what will you do when you are married ?” said
one of the little children. “ How will you keep your
house in order?”

“ Oh, I shall have plenty of servants to do that,” re-
plied Caroline, laughing; and so saying, she ran off out
of the room, followed by nearly all the children. Two or
three only remained. Ellen Linn was among them.

She took the seat which Caroline had left, saying,

“JT will put them in order. I shall like to do it. And
we will look at them all, as we put them back.”

In the mean time, Caroline, followed by her guests,
went to the swing. The swing was suspended between
two trees, which grew a little at one side, near the en-
trance to the garden. There was a great variety of
shrubbery around the place, so that when swinging in it
one seemed to be swinging in a bower. ‘There were seats
too, on each side of the swing, for those who were waiting
their turn. After showing her companions the swing, and
allowing those who chose to try it an opportunity of doing
so, Caroline suddenly said to those who were sitting on
the seats,

“There is a rocking-boat, girls; let us go and see the

rocking-boat.”
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