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 THE PEEP-SHOW.

wonderful things inside, that Bertha begged she
might have a peep also. Nurse was quite shocked
at the idea, but Farmer Bevan said, "Tuts, wife,
let the child see the show; it won't harm her."
And he good-naturedly paid for her, and stood
beside her all the time. There was a lot of funny
little ladies and gentlemen who came walking in
at one side and out at the other, the strange thing
being that they all walked sideways. Then came
"a large white horse standing on its hind legs, with
"a soldier on its back wearing a cocked hat. How
the gorse managed it Bertha could not say, but
it moved along on its hind-legs, and never came
down from that uncomfortable position all the
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