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Rh cried the brother, holding the bundle out of reach. "My, but this town looks good to me!" he added, as he looked around and waved his hand to Mr. Basswood. Then Ben took a moment to run up and greet the girls.

"You must come over, Ben," said Laura.

"Why, yes, by all means," added Jessie, and Ben said he would. Then he rejoined his father, and Dave got into the sleigh, being careful to keep his big bundle on his lap, where the girls could not " poke a hole into it to peek," as he put it. There was a flourish of the whip, and the elegant turnout, with its well-matched black horses, started in the direction of the Wadsworth mansion.