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understood what was said. We often used 

 to say, " We will drive to such a place 

 to-day, but Joe must stay at home," and 

 almost invariably, in whatever direction it 

 might be, before we had driven a mile, we 

 found Joe waiting for us by the roadside ; 

 he always grinned when we came up with 

 him. 



HENRIETTA M. BATSON. 



