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Friends of the Stranger.

  
 
 

ve £ HAR the scene of the principal events which
Wy 'g have been related there was a country
3 school, taught by a young woman named
Brewer. It was in a small stone house of
a single story, situated, as country school-
houses love to be, on the edge of a wood,
where the grassy bank was overshadowed by oaks and
maples. Mary Brewer loved the spot because it gratified
her admiration of nature, while it afforded her the oppor-
tunity of improving her mind and at the same time of
supporting her aged parents.

Go by the Maplebank school about noon, and very.
likely you will see Mary Brewer seated under the grape-
vine at the door. It is September, and the purpling
clusters are hanging over her head. The pigeons, that
swell and coo around her, show that they know who is
their friend. But hark! what a jocund shout! It is
the noise of the little boys and girls amusing themselves
at their swing, all fun and frolic, full of health and