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164 EIGHT COUSINS.clared that she only " tooked um 'cause they 'd wantto go wid their sister Toiiiit."Start number three and stoppage number three,as Frank hailed them with the luncheon-basket, whichhad been forgotten, after every one had protestedthat it was safely in.All went wellafter that, and the long journey waspleasantly beguiled by Pokey and Pussy, who playedtogether sobenefactors.prettily that they were considered public" Rose does n't want to go home, for she knows theaunts won't let her rampage as she did up at CoseyCorner," said Mac, as they approached the old house."I ccmH rampage if I want to, — for a time, atleast ; and I '11 tell you why. I sprained my anklewhen I tumbled off of Barkis, and it gets worse andworse ; though I 've done all I know to cure it andhide it, so it shouldn't trouble any one," whisperedRose, knitting her brows with pain, as she preparedto descend, wishing her uncle would take her insteadof her bundles.How he did it, she never knew ; but Mac had herup the steps and on the parlor sofa before she couldput her foot to the ground."There you are, — right side up with care; andmind, now, if your ankle bothers you, and you arelaid up with it, I am to be your footman. It 's onlyfair, you know ; for I don't forget how good youhave been to me." And Mac Avent to call Phebe,so full of gratitude and good-will that his verygogglesshone.