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herself in her tall uncle's arms, and caught lap for her good-night kiss, she whispered
a glimpse of a sweet-faced lady, and two to him, that she thought her auntie the
pretty, rosy-cheeked maidens. very most lovely lady in the world, ex-
 And such a happy meeting as it was! cept her own dear mamma; and that she
Mamie's heart was brimful and running thought it was "just elegant that God
over with happiness, as day after day had made people really belong to us-
brought new delights and enjoyments. our very own, you know, papa-'cause
Her aunt and little cousins made a great it's so much nicer than if we hadn't any
pet of her, and kept her talking most of body but just the parish "
the time, to hear the funny things she The croquet ground was seldom va-
would say. Little Eva, too, went straight cant now; and each grew to love the
to everybody's heart, and nothing de- others more and more dearly, as the sum-
lighted Mamie more than to hear her mer rolled away-that charming summer
praises sung. to which Mamie still looks back as "the
 One night, about a week after they very happiest of her life."
came, as Mamie climbed into her father's





 BESSY AND "THE GRAY CAT." and a driver, and he can draw it with a
 string. If we only had one of those-
 "DO wish I had something Bessy and me; and Terry has a Noah's
 new to play with," sighed Ark, full of cows and dogs and birds and
 Robbie Gray, watching the sheep and bears-"
 Ssteady motion of his mother's Me wants cows an' s'eeps an' b'ars
needle, as she patiently filled in the holes an' sings," said Bessy. Why don't us
busy little feet had made. have 'em, mamma ?
 Bessy's been wishing you'd come Because Bessy's papa has to work
home from school to play with her," said very hard just to get his dear little boys
his mother, smiling, and looking out of and girl, bread and butter to eat, and
the window where the little girl was mak- warm clothes to wear."
ing mud-pies. "Terry Hall has got a new jacket, with
 But she's so little, and girls don't such bright buttons on it," said Robbie,
like boys' plays. If we only had some- and they have a red carpet on the floor
thing we could both play with. Terry -I stopped there a minute last night-
Hall has the prettiest little wooden horse, and there's a sofa, and such pretty things
on wheels, you know, and a tin baker's on the mantel-piece,-"
cart, -with places for the cakes and pies, "A Sam-wel, like ours ? asked Bessy,