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“THE BEWITCHED TONGUE.” I2I

     
     
        
 
        
       
    
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
      

“« Full of eagerness and curiosity, Elizabetha
returned to the house. It was growing dusk,
and as she sped along the garden paths some-
thing ran suddenly against her, causing her
to trip and fall. As she got up she perceived
that it was Fido, the dog of her brother Adol-
phus. The creature came bounding up to her
again, full of play and affection. But in her
fall Elizabetha had bruised herself; she felt
angry and indignant.

“«« Get off with you, you clumsy wretch!”
she exclaimed, or meant to exclaim. But, to
her amazement, the words that issued from
her mouth were quite otherwise.

««<« Gently, gently, my poor Fido. Thou didst
not mean to knock me down, however,’ she
said in a kind and caressing tone, which the
dog at once obeyed.

“ «Hardly knowing whether she were awake
or dreaming, Elizabetha entered the house.
She was met by her sister Maria.

««« Where have you been, Elizabetha?” she
inquired. “Your friends the Misses Larkyn