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 THE SONG OF THE ANGELS. 233 I feel very cross and uncomfortable, so do not ask any more about the knife." Just then an aunt of the little boys en- tered the room, and Samuel turned to her in his trouble. "Now, do not you think, aunt, Alfred ought to lend me his knife, just for a minute, to cut a Robinson Cru- soe stick ?" "Certainly," she replied, "I never knew Alfred cross or unkind, he does not mean that he will not lend it, he is only joking, I am sure." "Yes, aunt, I do mean it; I have made up my mind that nobody shall use my knife." "Well, then," urged the anxious Samuel, " do you cut my stick yourself, I only want seven. Digitized by Google