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Brownlie's immense parlors were stripped of all movable furniture in preparation for the charity entertainment. Strong linen crash covered the handsome carpets, and the camp stools to be used on the evening of the performance had already arrived.
The house was already crowded when our friends arrived at Mrs. Brownlie's. "We will have a good attendance," commented Dorothy with a smile of satisfaction. "If we can only make our hundred dollars, and then get little Bennie into the hospital, how lovely it will be!" "There must be a hundred persons here now," Nat assured her, "and at a dollar per "
The others had all congregated about Mrs. Brownlie's tea-table, where that lady was dispensing the refreshing beverage, but Dorothy sank down for a few moments in a secluded corner of the parlor where the practice had been held. Presently she thought she heard something stir near her, then she distinctly heard a sob.
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