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Chapter 1. Down In The Country
_ CHAPTER ONE. DOWN IN THE COUNTRY
"Here, I say, Josh, such a game!"
"What is it?"
The first speaker pointed down the gorge, tried to utter words, but began to choke with laughter, pointed again, and then stood stamping his feet, and wiping his eyes.
"Well," cried the other, addressed as Josh, "what is it? Don‘t stand pointing there like an old finger-post! I can‘t see anything."
"It‘s--it‘s--it‘s--he--he--he!--Oh my!--Oh dear!"
"Gahn! What an old silly you are! What‘s the game? Let‘s have a bit of the fun."
"The sun--sun--sun--"
"Don‘t stand stuttering there in that stupid way."
"I couldn‘t help it--there, I‘m better now. I was coming along the top walk, and there he was right down below, sitting under his old white mushroom."
"Well, I can‘t see anything to laugh at in that. He always is sitting under his old white umbrella, painting, when he isn‘t throwing flies."
"But he isn‘t painting. He‘s fast asleep; and I could
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