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CHAPTER I.

DIVERSE WAYS.

Three people were together in a very pleasant little parlor, in a land where the sun shines nearly all the time. They were Doctor Mack, whose long, full name was Alexander MacDonald; mamma, who was Mrs. John Smith; and Josephine, who was Mrs. Smith's little girl with a pretty big name of her own.

Doctor Mack called Mrs. Smith "Cousin Helen," and was very good to her. Indeed, ever since papa John Smith had had to go away and leave his wife and child to house-*keep by themselves the busy doctor-cousin had done many things for them, and mamma was accustomed to go to him for advice about