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have paid us money enough to go to Niagara
with ; and it really is a shame for people to
live and die so ignorant of their own country.”
“ But then we want the money to pay for
that stock which turned out unlucky, you
know.” “Oh, that can he done next sum¬
mer ; we can always get hoarders enough,
and those that will pay handsomely. Give
the man a mortgage of the house, to keep
him quiet till next summer.” “ But what
will you do with the children ?” “ Sally is
a very smart girl; I am sure she will take
as good care of them as if I were at home.”
To make a long story short, the farmer
and his wife concluded to go to Quebec, just
to show they had a right to put themselves
to inconvenience if they pleased. They
went; spent all their money ; had a watch
stolen from them in the steam-hoat; were
dreadfully sea-sick off Point Judith ; came
home tired, and dusty; found the babe
sick, because Sally had stood at the door
with it, one chilly damp morning, while she
was feeding the chickens; and the eldest
girl screaming and screeching at the thoughts
of going to bed, because Sally, in order to
bring her under her authority, had told her
a frightful “ raw-head-and-bloody-bones”
story ; the horse had broken into the garden,
and made wretched work with the vege¬
tables ; an d fifty pounds of butter had become
fit for the grease-pot, because the hoops of