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 and made Shem knock down Japhet, and Mrs. Shem catch the grasshopper; and then putting the child down, he took Blanche aside, and said, "What are they doing with your little friend, He won't live unless he has proper medical treatment. He's a nice little fellow, make them bring him to my house to-morrow, and I will see him here again in a few days. Good-bye my little man."

"Don't go," said the child, "stay and bark a little more."

"No, no, I have no time for more barking to-day; but you come and see me to-morrow and bring Noah's dog with you; and do you," he said to Blanche, "go and frighten the grandmother. That is your duty for the day."

Blanche did as she was bid. She took little Charlie home, and when he had displayed his toys and was sent up stairs, she repeated to Mrs. Hopkinson the substance of her conversation with the physician.

The tears rolled down the old lady's cheeks