AN EXCURSION. 
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to do things as she was used to doing 
them; Kate was forever inventing new 
ways, even when the old ones answered as 
well, or better. Annie cared a great deal 
too much about ‘‘what people would say,” 
and Kate rather too little. But, upon the 
whole* they went on nicely together, and 
were very much happier and better for their 
earnest friendship. 
Mr. Crediton had -come this evening to 
propose one of the excursions mentioned 
above, to take place next week; and the 
children were, of course, delighted with the 
idea. 
“We’ll take our pencils and paper,” said 
Kate, “and try taking some sketches once 
more. I hope we shall succeed better than 
we did the last time,” she added, laughing. 
“Kow, Kate, I think we did very well,” 
said Richard. “ Grandfather knew what mine 
was meant for the moment he saw it. Didn’t 
you, grandfather?” 
“Why, yes,” replied Mr. Winston: “I 
thought it quite a good picture of a beech- 
tree. You gave the spread of the branches 
very well,—though your foliage was rather 
too heavy. I did not see Annie’s.” 
