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142 HENRY'S BIRTHDAY.<br />
" 0 yes," said Mrs. Williams,<br />
" I have heard it<br />
several times of late among the children.<br />
I do not know, husband, — fashions<br />
matter as well as in dress, — perhaps first<br />
Well,<br />
alter in this<br />
rate is<br />
as good as nicely when we once get used to it.<br />
Fashion is everything, you know, or almost<br />
everything."<br />
" To me, however," said Mr. Williams,<br />
" there<br />
is a something about it which is unpleasant — a<br />
kind of coarseness, if I may be allowed the ex<br />
pression — a kind of ale-house or bar-room charac<br />
ter.<br />
But you, Henry, know nothing, of course,<br />
about bar-room character, having had no oppor<br />
tunities for observation.<br />
But suppose you should<br />
tell us over a little what you have really done.<br />
In the first place, however, — for that is a very<br />
important point, — have you suited yourself?
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