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GOOD DEVISED. 
Mr. Crediton says, lie has never had much 
chance. He is smart enough, too: I never 
saw any hoy that had more ingenuity in 
making things. You know that model of 
a saw-mill that he built last summer. 
Grandfather said it was a real curiosity. 
If he would only behave himself and go to 
school, he might be a great mechanic.” 
“Perhaps we may be able to do some¬ 
thing about that too,” replied Richard. “I 
don’t believe he will be about again very soon; 
and perhaps he may get a taste for read¬ 
ing while he is laid up. At any rate, we shall 
show our good will by going to see him.” 
Accordingly, they set out the next morn¬ 
ing, carrying a basket containing certain 
matters which Aunt Louisa’s experience 
pronounced might be good for the poor boy. 
"Walking leisurely along, they arrived in 
due time at Mr. Short’s dwelling, which 
was built near the mill, upon the sloping 
side of a hill commanding a fine prospect, 
which the inmates appreciated about as much 
as their own pigs might have done. It was a 
brown frame house, in pretty good condition 
so far as repairs went, but with a want of neat¬ 
ness and comeliness about it which was really 
