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 to him, even though he ain't very showy-lookin'. Gee-whittaker!—he would n't sell Plato for all Chamboro!"

"Goodness me! that 's different, is n't it?" sdd Annie Eliza. "He does n't really look so ver-r-ry thin, especially when you see him from the front!"



And so they talked on until, from a near-by yellow house behind the lilac-hedge, Annie Eliza's mother called her to dinner. That young lady took her departure reluctantly, saying that she would be back again, and inquiring if Lonely would like to help her make