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Our CeT|tle-rT]a-i] £oar^er_ 



HERE came 



a day of great 



excitem en t 



and bustle in 

 our quiet house. 

 The afternoon 

 coach was to bring 

 an addition to our 

 household, agentle- 

 man boarder, my Mother called him. He 

 was the younger son of a wealthy banker, 

 one of my Father's old passengers, who, 

 being delicate and inclining to melancholy, 

 had been recommended complete change 

 and quiet, in fine sea air. 



Before that day was half over we two 

 boys were tired of the preparations made 

 for him, and weary of being bidden, " Be 

 careful, be careful, don't put your elbows 

 on that white cover," and 

 there with your dirty shoes," and 

 have to play more quietly when the poor 

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