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"Dido--the negress, of Mrs. Dallas!","Now I think you are making fun of me," says Mona, smiling sweetly; and, lifting her hand, she pinches his ear lightly, and very softly, lest she should hurt him.,"Besides, it may be an exaggeration," suggests Geoffrey "he may not be so bad as they say.",Billy went down into his pocket and drew forth a furry object about the size of a pocket knife and held it under his chum's eyes.,"You are very much to be admired," says his mother, in an abominable tone.,"He's afeerd they'll make his hogs sick most like," sneered Sward.,“I was on board the coal steamer—that’s where I was. His name is Hobborn, Mother, and just listen! he set a big jar of preserves before me—I think it was raspberries—and I ate a lot, and then he gave me this whistle. Now I’ll blow it.” An ear-splitting blast followed.,"Aren't the bags perfect ducks?" she laughed, handling the gauzy bundles with dexterous fingers. "And those verses are too cute for words. What a time we all had over them! Ju's are the best, though she mustn't know it; funny without being personal. It was terribly hard to get such a mob, too. How many are there altogether, Norn?",A whoop startled her and she turned to see a handsome boy racing up on a brown pony, also carrying a basket.,At any rate, her voice had lost much of its harshness as she asked: "But what about the wild animal that broke into the school an' tore the teacher's clothes fair off his back an' chased him up the road? That's the thing that scared him so he quit the school ferever. Now, Willium, what did you have to do with that?","Oh, Captain Weaver, there are many wicked people at sea!" cried Miss Acton. "Think of the pirates! Think of the slavers! My poor, poor niece!","'She is pretty to walk with,.