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result would be a heavy fall and a scream through
the house. Jack and Polly would then run up to
them; and having first ascertained that no bones
were broken, they would straightway go into fits of
laughter at the tumbled and undignified appearance
of their friend. It was a capital house, too, to play
hide-and-seek in during the gloaming; and many
were the games the children had in the long summer
evenings. Sometimes they played "ghost," a game
which consisted in Jack rolling himself up in a table-
cloth and running after Polly through the passages,
making unearthly groans such as a ghost is supposed
to make. At last Jack would catch her, when Polly
would by that time have wound herself up to a real
fright with excitement.
 Out of doors, too, the gardens and grounds were
specially good for games, and in the holidays they
had much fun romping about all day long. On these
occasions Polly and Jack often had the village
doctor's two children to play with them, Adolphus
and Florinda Brown. They were almost the only
companions they had at Hillside, except when a
little cousin came to. stay on a visit to them;
but as he lived very far away, this pleasure did
not often occur.
 Jack, however, although he was now a big boy,
never tired of playing with his little sister; and