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a chance ; and over yonder—fast asleep in

the furthest corner of our bed~is a hand­
some young relative of mine who would

give anything to have the jolly day in your
father’s button-hole that I am quite willing

to deny myself. Go and pick him, Fair­
brass, and then, when he wakes up, we will

give him a joyful surprise. When you are

as old as I am, my dear, you will know that
the greatest delight in life is the power that

sometimes comes in our way of giving
pleasure to others/

So, full of admiration for the unsel­
fishness of the Old Picotee, Fairbrass picked

the Young Picotee, and, when he found

that that dainty little rascal did not seem to
be at all grateful for the treat that was in
store for him, and even declared that he

would rather stay where he was, he became

quite indignant. As for the Old Picotee,
he gave it the young jackanapes roundly,

and told Fairbrass not to listen to him, but
to carry him straight off to his father.

This Fairbrass did, and then the Old