A pleasant, fat elderly man stopped to play with a little baby travelling by the same train, fine youngster," he said to the young mother. "I hope you will bring him up to be an upright and conscientious man."
"Yes," smiled the fond mother; ut T'm afraid it's going to be a it difficult, as—" continued the ad-bent so is the tree inclined."
know it," agreed the mother; "but this twig is bent on being a girl, and we are inclined to let it go at that." tional talent, but she has a native shrewdness which, for every-day tasks is even more useful. Without entering too closely into ques-ions of age, it may be said that [she is still young enough to contemplate a long Parliamentary careen, and her friends will be disappointed if the electors of Louth Ido not reinstate her. In any case she is not likely to lack scope for her energy, and her sweetness of Jdisposition will make her welcome wherever her lot may be cast. " Her Jquict cheerfulness is more _agree-Jable than the hilarious vivacity or the surly.sexlessness. which is apt
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