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go quietly and bring ever so many in,
a few at a time.’

So Johnny set to work, and soon
finished that task ; looking so beam-
ing and happy over it, that he soon
got sent on some more errands, the
mother watching him as she lay back
in her chair with such pride, and the
father so pleased because he went so
quickly, and managed to lift such
great big loads, that he called him
his brave little lad, and said—of
course, in fun—that he supposed he
would soon be able to go to New York
and. back all by himself, and without —
any directions.

Now Johnny did not know one
bit where New York was; but he did