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words, which was perhaps the reason that 
they seemed to come with difficulty. 
“ Can we do any thing for you V* said 
Eichard, whose anger had all vanished at 
the sight of Jack’s suffering. “ Don’t you 
want some ice-water? We have brought a 
piece of iceand aunt says you can have 
more if you like.” 
Jack’s eyes sparkled, and he put his fever¬ 
ish lips together. “I have wanted some 
cold water so much !” he said. “Nothing 
else tastes natural to me; and it gets warm 
so soon standing in the house.” 
The girl brought some water in a pail, to 
put the ice in. It had been standing since 
before breakfast, she said; but the babjr had 
worried so she could not go to the spring 
for more. Sidney took the pail and went 
after it himself. He was glad to get out of 
the house, and out of the sight of Jack’s 
face, which made him feel as if he wanted 
to cry. Jack long remembered the sound 
of the ice tinkling against the side of the 
tumbler as the pleasantest music he had 
ever heard. “Oh, how good that ip!” he 
said, after he had managed with some diffi¬ 
culty to raise himself enough to drink. 
