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to notice the demonftrations of kindnefs that 
were equally beftowed on ihtir older ac- 
quaintance. The girls, in particular, waited 
upon him with a moft captivating grace. One 
took his hat, and another his cloak. They 
queftioned him as to his health and his wants. 
They feemed to think him not fufEciently un- 
referved, becaufe he could not find employ- 
ment for all of them at once. Delightful of- 
ficioufnefs, charming vivacity ! which rendered 
ftill more agreeable, by -the contraft, the plain 
and honeft good-nature of the father of the 
family. When they learned our intention of 
flaying a week with them, their acclamations 
of joy burft forth afrelh, and refounded through 
the houfe. It was the triumph of a vidory. 
Our fpirits v/ere prefently as cheerful as theirs ; 
and fo perfedly were we at our eafe, that a 
ftranger would have been puzzled to fay who 
were the entertainers and who the guefts. The 
fifil evening was fpent in arranging our plans, 
and afligning to each day of our week its ap- 
propriate amufements ; an arrangement that 
was oppofed now and then by the women, who 
did not fail to impofe upon us fome hard con- 
ditions. 
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