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I presume he don't want those swells to sit on his front piazza and see the crows buildin' nests in the ruins acrost the road. So " "Crows! Did you ever see a crow build a nest in a house? I never did!" "Oh, belay! Crows or canary birds, what difference does it make? SOMETHIN' 'll nest there, if it's only A'nt Sophrony Hallett's hens.
Aunt Sophrony waited for her niece to solve the mystery, but the problem was too great for her to grasp, and as Mrs. Hodgkins rose to go, Almira begged her to question Timotheus if she chanced to meet him, and find out just what he intended to do with his spare time, and to learn if possible in what way "literatoor" was to form a part of his daily life.
"Sophrony Hodgkins' stories," remarked old Nate Burnham, "remind me of the snowballs we used ter roll and roll 'til from a leetle ball we finally by rollin' an' trav'lin' got one bigger'n all creation. "She starts in with what she's heard.
"But do you think you would care to accept such a position as I can offer you?" "I should be pleased to try it," said Mrs. Watkins, with a sigh. "Of course, it would be a comedown for me " "Land's sake, Sophrony!" ejaculated her friend, "with me to sponsor you, I don't guess anybody in this neighborhood will undertake to criticize." "Wait a moment," said Mr.
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