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. Ethel's story: illustrating the advantages of patience . ll be delightful. TVe will gowith you, mamma, with your permission; itseems, that whether we go or stay, we shall haveto beg the hryaryr of Ecneitaps society; andthough a ramble in the fields would have provedmore agreeable, yet with Tnetnoc and Lufreehc,we shall do very well. • You are a sensible boy, Herbert, to encouragethe visit of such unexceptionable friends; theyare. indeed, most valuable acquaintances; tryand make them your constant companions. Mamma, whose cart is that on the road —just there by the stile leading to the large
. Ethel's story: illustrating the advantages of patience . ll be delightful. TVe will gowith you, mamma, with your permission; itseems, that whether we go or stay, we shall haveto beg the hryaryr of Ecneitaps society; andthough a ramble in the fields would have provedmore agreeable, yet with Tnetnoc and Lufreehc,we shall do very well. • You are a sensible boy, Herbert, to encouragethe visit of such unexceptionable friends; theyare. indeed, most valuable acquaintances; tryand make them your constant companions. Mamma, whose cart is that on the road —just there by the stile leading to the large fieldthat was mown last week ? Papa has been talk-ing to the jolly looking driver; papa left offspeaking when that horse began to kick. • Oh, I see now, Salter; I could not obtaina clear view when you first spoke; that largebranch was in my way. I think, my dear, thatis farmer Ropers cart: yes, it is; I see the manin it who brought the note from Mrs. Landors;he is at the far corner there; he told me heworked for farmer E^per; and that the latter 13. One thins is very certain, Emma, that young horse has got tiredand has apparently put an end to the conversation. ECNEITAP AND ECNEITAPMI. had promised Mrs. Landor, I should have thenote as he passed our grounds on his way to thenext market town, where he was going to sellhis potatoes. But, mamma, what has kept them there allthis time? It must be a quarter of an hoursince you read your note; you had finished read-ing it when we came in. I suppose, the good farmer has been talkingto your papa—perhaps, they have been trying tomake a bargain about those potatoes; a largeload there! One thing is very certain, Emma,that young horse has got tired of waiting, andhas apparently put an end to the conversation. That cart was standing in the road as I ranround that way from the shrubbery ; the farmerwas then busy talking to some one; I did notnotice it was papa; but, I suppose it must havebeen. A pity I did not stop ! I am not at all o
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