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 the good luck to remember that I should forfeit the long promised present you are to make me, if I will break off the habit of these extravagant comparisons."

"And you ought to have an extra one for this act of self-denial, for I came very near saying it myself," said he as he pulled her down into a hillock of dry leaves, covering her with kisses, and then held her by main strength until he had covered her with the leaves.

"Do look there," he suddenly shouted, permitting her-to raise her head, "I verily believe the senior couple imagine themselves young lovers again. See how cozily they are walking along, arm in arm, as if they composed the whole of the world, and nobody else was worth thinking of. I mean to just remind 'em there are two others," starting to run after them, when she pulled him back, and kept hold of him until they reached the house.

"I like to see them," said she, "and you need not be so jealous of a little cozy talk they are having. Perhaps they are considering how they shall train us m the way we should go," and both giving a bound, each ran a race to see who would reach the house first.

Before entering, she called his attention to a little root of candy tuft near the house, which had escaped the frost, as she supposed, from its sheltered situation, when she observed a curious expression in his face, and stopped abruptly.

"You didn't know I have covered that every cold night to see how long I could make you think it had