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Rh her, and all those pins, it did n’t seem as if she had the least design in her work. But somehow the pattern grew right under our eyes.”

“Did you see her making this very scarf? ”

“Oh, no, Brenda; but one that was going to be very like it. Yet I pitied her. In spite of her skill, it must be very trying to the nerves.”

“And to her eyes.”

“Oh, yes, it is very injurious to the eyes. But then we must have lace,” and Agnes shrugged her shoulders.

As Agnes was naturally occupied with many things connected with her wedding, and as Mrs. Barlow, too,  had much to occupy her, it fell to Julia and Brenda to  take Mr. Weston sight-seeing. To display their newly acquired knowledge of Marblehead, one of their first expeditions was to go over much of the ground of the former  pilgrimage.

“Although I ’ve lived chiefly in New York, you must n’t think that I know nothing about Massachusetts,” the young man said, laughingly, as the girls began  to explain why Marblehead was worth seeing. “I know that it used to be a great sea-port, and that Marblehead  men rowed Washington across the Delaware. I know that it has one of the best harbors on the coast, and that  the government has named Cruiser No. 10, ‘Marblehead.’  I know—”

“There, there!” exclaimed Brenda, “I do believe that you know more than we do about it. Perhaps you ’ve seen all the places that we intend showing you.”