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SIGNS. 
and the white bloodroot, close before rain. 
A limb which has been broken or badly 
sprained almost always aches before a 
change of weather.”* 
“Does your’s, Aunt Louisa?” asked 
Richard. 
“Ro, my dear; and that is one reason 
why I think we shall have a fine day after 
all. But it is full six hours before you will 
want to set out, and there will be time for 
many changes before two o’clock; and, 
that we may not have to weary ourselves 
in watching them, I move we all set about 
our several parts and duties,—Annie to her 
music, Daisy to her geography, and Dick 
and Sidney to recite their lessons, if they 
have them.” 
“I have mine,” said Sidney. “I learned 
it before srix this morning; and I know Dick 
has his, for he learned it last night.” 
Lessons were learned and recited, prac¬ 
tice faithfully gone through,—even to the 
detestable scales and horrible exercises, as 
Annie called them,—and still the weather 
* The reliability of some of these “signs” is not beyond 
question. 
