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 Rh  don't hesitate to choose whatever you want from this book. This paper-hanger is yours, too, until you're done with him."

"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you," cried the girls, with happy voices, as Mr. Downing turned to go, "you couldn't have thought of a nicer peace-offering."

Of course it took a long, long time for so many young housekeepers to choose papers for the parlour and the two bedrooms, but after much discussion, and many differences of opinion, it was finally selected. The girls decided on green for the parlour, blue for one bedroom and pink for the other, and they were easily persuaded to choose small patterns.

Then the smiling paper-hanger worked with astonishing rapidity and said that he didn't object in the least to having four pairs of bright eyes watch from the doorway every strip go into place. It seemed to be no trouble at all to paper the little low~ceilinged cottage, and oh! how beautiful it was