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Haw! Ai've just obteened a pension for mai Paw. And you should hev seen the people thet were theah. Re-ally, it was surpraising! Maind, Ai am not criticaising, But it was embarrassing, Ai do decleah. Ai met the Snobson-Smythes and Toady-Browns, and many moah Belonging to ouah set; and wondahed what they came theah foah.

And, of course, Ai didn't say a word of Paw. Ai rather think they've nevah heard of Paw. But Ai thought it well to mention That Ai came to get the pension For an agéd person who had worked for Maw. The Snobson-Smythes said, "Fancy! That is just why we came dahn." But Ai've heard they hev a mothah hidden somewheah out of tahn.