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 and send it to the post office. It was to ask how her son was who had been very sick. Two days after there was a ring at the bell; his mother took some money and said, "Run to the door, the postman has brought an answer to my letter; here is the money to pay for it." He did so, and true enough there was the letter.

Some time after this, he thought he should like to write a letter to his cousin, and tell him how glad he was to hear that he was well again. A few days afterwards, his uncle came, when his mother said to him, "Now, Henry, let us have your letter, and uncle will be so kind as