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something bad had leaked, though, until the mis- 
chief had been done, we did not know the water 
was unfit to drink.” 
9. Presently Miss Brooks said : “ It has been 
proved that cholera and typhoid fever are caused 
by drinking impure water. It is known, too, that 
malarial fevers may be brought on by drinking 
water from marshy lands, as well as by breathing 
the air that blows over them. 
“ So it is clearly our duty to do all we can to see 
that the water we drink is sweet and pure.” 
OTHER BEVERAGES. 
1. “ Did I ever tell you the story of the goats 
and the coffee -trees?” asked Miss Brooks one 
day. 
“ No,” replied May. “ Will you please tell it to 
me?” 
2. “ I will,” said Miss Brooks. “Once upon a time 
there was a monk who was unhappy because he 
could not keep awake at night, when he had duties 
to perform. One moonlight night, while looking 
out upon the fields, he saw some goats capering 
about, and stopping now and then to make their 
supper from the leaves of a wild coffee-tree growing 
near his window. 
s. “ The next night he picked some of the leaves 
