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FRIEND 8 WORTH KNOWING. 



.TIIK HOUSE-MOUSE. 



bright eyes glance at us from behind the cheese-box, and 

 who whisk away, down some un thought -of hole, learned 

 their naughty tricks from their many out -door cousins, 

 whom we may forgive on the plea of their not knowing 

 any better. Suppose I tell you about some of these same 

 cousins who live in the woods and fields of the Northern 

 half of the United States ? 



