. A family flight around home. about ten oclock; we drov^e to East Boston, and just arrivedin the nick of time. Meanwhile, I have been revolving schemesin my head, as we came in the train, and only want to consultyou about some good summer plan for these boys. Have youone of your ideas, Not yet, she replied musingly, but I feel that there is aglimmer of one in the back of my head. Theres no hurry, said Mr. Horner, let it work. What Iam thinking of is no new plan, but one which Huberts comingdevelops and helps, that is. that my own children are better in-formed upon the historv of any
. A family flight around home. about ten oclock; we drov^e to East Boston, and just arrivedin the nick of time. Meanwhile, I have been revolving schemesin my head, as we came in the train, and only want to consultyou about some good summer plan for these boys. Have youone of your ideas, Not yet, she replied musingly, but I feel that there is aglimmer of one in the back of my head. Theres no hurry, said Mr. Horner, let it work. What Iam thinking of is no new plan, but one which Huberts comingdevelops and helps, that is. that my own children are better in-formed upon the historv of any other country than their own ;and that a summer might be spent very profitably as well aspleasantly by Iom, and even Bessie, in looking about them a lit-tle here in New ICngland. Quite so, assented Miss Lejeune. Take Boston now, Tom isshowing Hubert the lions, but does he know the lions, and howto make them growl . I doubt, replied Mr. Horner with a smile ; we shall see, how-ever, what they re])()rt. OLD FRIENDS TOGETHER. 27. Let US go to the theatrethis evening, said Miss now tell me what you ^phear from the Hervevb. ^ Perfectly happy/ replied , and I judge, from theletters, that Mary is perfectly-well. The winter at Pau wasjust the thing for her, and Iam glad she escaped our tryingone here. I hoped they mightbe coming home this spring;but Hervey writes to urge our?coming to them. And do you think — askedMiss Augusta. Not for a moment, saidMr. Horner, holding up his handsto prevent even the mention ofanother foreign tour. My wifeis so happy in her own house,that she will not listen to any-thing but a New England sum-mer, and as we can hardly stayin New York through the hotweather, you see we must in-vent some plan. While they were thus talking,the boys returned, in good spirits, but tired and glad to rest, asindeed they might be. for with the courage of youth, they hadwalked over to Charlestown, to inspect Bunker Hill Monument. Why, Tom, we do not consi
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