"She
certainly hit the nail on the head there."
"Yes, and she added that she herself prized truth above chocolates."
"It sounds almost incredible," gasped Tom.
"Doesn't it? But ask Julia; she heard it all. And Julia will also tell
you what Barbara remarked about my work."
But Julia, who was already gathering her furs about her, followed up
an unusual silence by a sudden departure.
From what Suzanne has since refrained from saying I am confident that
I've broken the back of one more legend, and saved Barbara from the
fate of having to pass the rest of her childhood living up (or down)
to a spurious halo of precocity.
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[Illustration: =AN INCENTIVE TO VIRTUE.=
_Small Boy_ (_much impressed_). "THE TICKET-COLLECTOR SAID 'GOOD
EVENING' TO DAD."
_Mother._ "YES, DEAR, HE ALWAYS DOES. AND PERHAPS, IF YOU'RE GOOD,
HE'LL SAY THE SAME TO YOU--WHEN YOU'VE TRAVELLED ON THIS LINE FOR
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS."]
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Another Impending Apology.
"DEPARTURE OF THE LIEUT.-GOVERNOR.
ENTHUSIASTIC SCENES."
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