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climax of absurdity was reached through her 

 rewarding him with chocolate creams. The 

 unaccustomed flavor highly delighted him, 

 for he would lie for any length of time in 

 the hopes of receiving more candy. This 

 prompted the little lassie to undertake his 

 education; and before school recalled her 

 to the city, Launcelot would lie still with a 

 black baby dolly cradled on one wing, and a 

 dilapidated sailor-boy on the other; wear 

 a ribbon harness and draw a doll's carriage; 

 eat ice-cream, drink coffee, and run for a ball 

 as well as a dog. 



The next spring, fearing he would be lonely, 

 we bought an old gray goose, who showed 

 a most supreme contempt for her young 

 husband's various accomplishments, even 

 resorting to corporal punishment, whenever 

 he rolled over on to his back. Such an 

 ill-assorted pair seemed hardly appropriate 

 founders of practical stock; yet fifteen of 

 their twenty children raised that year sold 

 in December for $28, which being spent in 



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