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is  just  right,  for  you  know  mamma  is
                          very  particular  about  the  weather.”

                             “ Very  well,”  was  the  answer.            li You

                          shall  have  the  phaeton,  but  you  must
                          remember  that  you  are  not  to  go  out

                          alone  in  it,  for,  although  you  drive  very

                          well,  you  are  yet  a  small  child.            And

                          what  should  I  do  if  any  accident  were

                          to  happen  to  you ?  ”
                             From  the  foregoing  conversation  it

                          may  be  seen  how  little  Will  was  in­

                          dulged  by  the  Doctor             To  all  remon­
                          strances  lie  would  reply  with  a  shrug,

                          and  declare  there  never  was  a  child

                          more  unselfish  than  she  was,  which
                          was  a  proof  that  he  was  not  spoiling

                          her.

                              Wilifred  often  thought  that  of  the

                          two  her  papa  was  really  the  least-  bit
                          fonder  of  her  than  her  mamma,  and

                          the  truth  is,  that  111  the  fulness  of  her
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