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6 ship is as firm as ever. The next Yale catalogue will show the names of four of them; one is at sea, and of the sixth I have lost all knowledge. They are real boys still; but, in the tall, dignified young students, I miss the old harum-scarum Teddy, the irrepressible Phil.

Fuzz is now sleeping on the lawn, outside my window, and the Dominie is by his side. New dogs rule the household; new boys are coming and going; but they can never be like  the dear old friends whom now, for a second  time, I am introducing to you.

Receive them, then, as kindly as you can.