Part 17 (1/2)

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THE SAW-PIT.

It is dinner-time, and the children have just brought their father's dinner to the saw-pit, and are spreading a clean cloth for him on a large log of wood.

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THE SLEDGE-CHAIR.

Harriet is giving her little sister a ride in a sledge-chair, and she has got her mama's m.u.f.f to put her hands in. The rude schoolboys are stopping to quiz the funny chair, but Harriet does not mind their laugh, for she knows her little sister will like the ride.

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OFF TO SEA.

Sidney has just bidden his friends good-bye, and is off for his first voyage. He is so fond of the sea that nothing else would please him. His s.h.i.+p is lying out there in the distance, and he is just going on board, as the vessel sails to-morrow for China.

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”WANT ANYTHING TO-DAY?”

The poor old man is hobbling along from door to door, to see if he can sell anything.

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DON'T BE AFRAID.

Amy has got a penny for the lad who has swept the path, but she is quite afraid of him.

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