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JUVENILE MISSIONARY SOCIETIES. 141
Mr. Williams spoke first :
" Well, Henry," said
he, " how did you get on to-day in doing nothing ? "
Henry smiled ; Mr. Williams and the rest
laughed too, for they knew he intended it as a
joke.
They all knew — the little children among
the rest — that Henry had not toiled harder a
single day that summer.
" Well, then," said Mr. Williams, as soon as
the effects
of the joke were over, " how did you
get on with your work of giving presents and
doing good ? "
" First rate," said Henry.
" First rate !
" said his father :
" what a curi
ous expression that is ! I have indeed heard it
before,
but I was not aware it had found its way
into our house.
or ' "
nicely.'
The word used to be ' very well,'