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16 HENRY'S BIRTHDAY.<br />
"Why, where did these thimbleberries come<br />
from ? " said Mrs. Williams, as they were seating<br />
themselves at the table.<br />
" I did not see them<br />
till now.<br />
Did you pick them?"<br />
Henry replied in the affirmative.<br />
" I intended<br />
them as a present for you and Sarah," said he.<br />
" Am I and the rest to have none 1 " said his<br />
father, rather<br />
playfully.<br />
Henry stammered a little :<br />
" 0," said he,<br />
" I<br />
intended them for the whole family; only, as<br />
you and the rest do not seem to care much<br />
about<br />
to mother<br />
them, I thought I would call it a present<br />
and Sarah."<br />
" I am very much obliged to you, Henry,"<br />
said she, "very much indeed. But," said she,<br />
without much reflection, "while I am glad of<br />
the berries, I don't quite see how you can regard
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