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at the door to wave her hand to her old playmate,

but he did not see her. His two sisters had
watched their interview from an upper window of
their own house.

iC He hag no more eyes in his head than an oys­
ter/' said the elder3 in quite a pet.

ff It would be so nice/’ said the younger, witli
a. sigh, {i It would be just the thing for him,”
fl Of course, and that’s the reason why he never

thinks of it/’ said the eldcr^ who had more expe­
rience.