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not going to bother you with my troubles, and 

 indeed the sight of you has already done wonders 

 for me. Ray and Reginald Miller will become 

 the firmest of friends, as their mutual love of 

 horse will be a bond of union between them ; 

 so you and I will have lots of each other's 

 society, and you will soon set me up again.' 



' Yes, and I will drive you all over the 

 country in my own little buggy that I bought 

 with the money you sent me on my last birth- 

 day. See, there is the house.' 



As she spoke they rounded a bend in the 

 road, and there on the opposite slope lay the 

 house, a square two-storied wooden edifice, with 

 a big verandah running round three sides of it. 

 The garden sloped down to the ' run,' as they 

 call a brook in America, and all round the house 

 were turkeys, ducks, and fowls in great numbers. 

 Some seventy yards in the rear were the stables, 

 buildings, &c. 



' But first come and see my bonnie Mary- 

 land,' said Mrs. Danby. ' Ray gave her to me 

 last year ; she can fly in harness.' 



