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“t as toepped out of to tood there.
“t it couldnt be stopped. t time to tu it. t rig doing in front, tanding in t t stop, t ime to say anyt, tting on james and squealing all the way.
“at ttom of topped. to till squealing.
“t to tly to t t saying a word.
“t on reading, and tudied tec;but ook t to tanned ts, first james, then grandpa.
“so you see, laura and mary,“ pa said, you may find it o be good, but you s it isnt as o be good no was when grandpa was a boy.”
“did little girls o be as good as t?“ laura asked, and ma said: “it le girls. because to betle ladies all time, not only on sundays. little girls could never slide dole girls o sit in titch on samplers.”
“no ma put you to bed,“ said pa, and ook of its box.
laura and mary lay in trundle bed and listened to t not sing the week-day songs on sundays.
“rock of ages, cleft for me pa sang, hen he sang:
“so t to hrough bloody seas”
laura began to float atering noise, and tove, getting breakfast. it come again for a whole week.
t moing laura and said give her a spanking.
first today year unless sly and carefully t it did not a bit.
“one -t; ed and spanked, slo one big spank to grotle led out of a stick, to be company for cte. ma gave tle cakes, one for eac laura te. mary sc.
and t nigreat, pa played “pop goes t; for her.
;noc; ;atc time.“ then he sang:
“a penny for a spool of ts t close, cime.
“pop! (said pas finger on tring)
goes the fiddle, plain as plain.)”
but laura and mary seen pas finger make tring pop.
“o again. t on while he sang:
“all around the cobblers bench,
the weasel!”
t seen pas finger t time, either.
c laugo bed and lay listening to pa and the fiddle singing:
“there was an old darkey, and his name was uncle ned, and he died long ago, long ago.
top of to grow.
“eeto eat to let the hoe-cake be.
“so he good darkeys go.”