. In happy far-away land . ough he was so wise, Dr. Foster had a merry heart, and King Colewas very fond of him, for he had always a smile and a kind word for could sing gay songs and tell merry tales, and no one in the palace wasever sad or dull while Dr. Foster was there. He lived in a large house just outside the palace gates, and was veryhappy there, for he had a wife whom he loved dearly, and a little daughternamed Florabel, whom he loved just as much. Mrs. Foster was the daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sprat, who lived in Gloster, and three or four timesevery year she went to v
. In happy far-away land . ough he was so wise, Dr. Foster had a merry heart, and King Colewas very fond of him, for he had always a smile and a kind word for could sing gay songs and tell merry tales, and no one in the palace wasever sad or dull while Dr. Foster was there. He lived in a large house just outside the palace gates, and was veryhappy there, for he had a wife whom he loved dearly, and a little daughternamed Florabel, whom he loved just as much. Mrs. Foster was the daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sprat, who lived in Gloster, and three or four timesevery year she went to visit her parents, for Gloster was only a short drivefrom the great town where stood the palace of old King Cole. When theweather was fine, she always took little Florabel with her, but when it wastoo cold or too wet, she left her at home with her nurse and father. Mrs. Foster was just stepping into her carriage one day to go to thepalace, where she was to take tea with the Queen, when a man ran up to her DAFFY-DO WN-DILL Y. and gave her a letter. It was a letter from her mother, Mrs. Jack Sprat,telling her that her only brother, who was a sailor, had come back from sea. He had been away for three years, and mustgo to sea again next clay, so that unless came at once to Gloster she could notsee him for another three years. You must stay several days when youcome, Mrs. Sprat said in her letter. It is timefor my furs and blankets to be laid away for thesummer, in the cedar chest in the garret, and Imust ask you to show my new housemaid justhow to do it, for the garret stairs are too narrowfor me to go up. Mrs. Sprat was a very fat woman, andcould not easily go up even wide stairs; butshe was such a good housekeeper that she was not satisfied unlessshe went all through her house, once every week, to see that the maids werekeeping everything in good order. She was very fond of fat meat, and herhusband, who was very thin himself, and ate only lean meat, always saidthat that
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