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THE COUNTRY BOY 



say something about its only having been a 

 week; then they laughed; Grandpa came out 

 and said, "Yes." 



We drove through the big covered bridge 



toward the Waldo Hills, five miles. On the 

 way we planned to fool Grandma; I was to 

 get out at the barn and slip along the picket 

 fence, and hide in the yellow rosebush near the 

 gateposts, and I did. So when Grandma came 

 out to open the gate she said to Grandpa, "I 



