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said Fairbrass ; * but 1 rather wish he had

had cold mutton for dinner, But then/ he
quickly added, i I ought to remember that

he did mot have afternoon tea. Tt was
mother's day u at home to-day, and a lot

of ladies came to see her, and they had
afternoon tea with cakes, and scones, and

fruit, and no end of good things. I saw
them being taken into the drawing-room.'

1 That reminds me to tell you/ said the
Young Picotee, (of a thing I was almost

forgetting. On the railway journey home
your father travelled with the earnest-eyed

gentleman he met in the street just before
he went to the club, and they had a very

serious talk together. Your father said he
was most anxious about the business, which

did not at all come up to his expectations,
and the gentleman strongly advised him to

work hard and persevere in it. He then said
that, as an old and sincere friend, he should

take a liberty and give him a word of
advice. He ought to cut down expenses at

home.