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118 “ CARROTS.”

     

    

the whole household is in an uproar, till sud-

 
 

denly Miss Elizabetha is named as the source

 
 

of the mischief.

 
 

««« Ah!” says the old housekeeper, “do not

 
 

distress yourself, Sukey; we all know what

 
 

Miss Elizabetha’s tongue is!”

 
 

“And thereupon the poor girl is freed from
blame. She had only gone to the schoolroom

      
 

by the desire of an upper servant to mend the

 
 

fire, and the real offender was discovered to

 
 

have been the cat.

 
 

“««This affair coming to the ears of Eliza-

 
 

betha’s father, he reproved her with great

 
 

severity. Mortified and chagrined, she, as

  
  

usual, wept bitterly, and, ashamed to meet the
cold looks of the household, she hastened out

  
 
 

into the garden and paced up and down a
shady walk, where she imagined herself quite

hidden from observation,’ ”’

 
   
   
 

“Cis!” interrupted Carrots at this point.
“I don’t understand the story.”

 
 
  

“I’m very sorry,” said Cecil. “I didn’t notice
what a lot of long words there are. Shall I
leave off?”