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DON'T see why Teacher chose Mabelle Gates to play the piano for our drills, do you?"

"No," Kittie shook her head, thoughtfully. "I can't see why she did it," she said, puckering her forehead. "Mabelle don't play nearly so well as Bertha Allen or Nell Smith."

"Well, of course they are a good deal older than she is," said Grace, hastily. "You wouldn't expect her to play so well."

"No," agreed Kittie, "of course not, but the other girls would have done so much better. Mabelle keeps good time, but she doesn't know as many pieces or as pretty ones as the other girls. She hardly plays anything but exercises, and Bertha plays some beautiful marches and things."

"Yes, I know it, and I just can't think what made Teacher choose Mabelle to play the