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 JOE'S JACK-O'-LANTERN.

 OH! mamma, mamma! come here quick said little Ned.
looking out of the window one dark night. "I see the funniest-
looking man! He has great holes where his eyes and nose and
mouth should be, and it is all light shining out of them. I guess
he has a fire inside of his head."
 Don't you know what that is? asked his big brother Joe.
"That's a jack-o'-lantern. Harry Desmond has been to his
grandfather's in the country, and he gave him a pumpkin.
Harry cut holes for nose and monh and eyes, and put a candle
inside. He has lots of fun with it."
 I wish our grandfather lived in the country, so we could get
a pumpkin."
 "I'11 have a jack-o'-lantern, any way," said Joe.
 For a little while Joe sat very still, thinking. Suddenly he
started up, went to the attic, and no more was seen of him till
nearly bedtime.