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his secret was.

"I have no

secret

secret, Madam," he replied, "but hard work."

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probably promotion
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It is not work that kills

histories

Work is

wor'ry

men; it is worry.
natural. You can hardly put
more upon a man than he can
bear. Worry is rust upon the
blade. It is not the revolution
that destroys the machinery,
but friction.

natural

HENRY WARD BEECHER.

more natural

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As Emily knew how to manage the gas range, she cooked some steak for supper.

nat'u ral
hard❜ly

ma chin'er y
friction

most natural

man'age

range

steak

I am sure she spoiled the salad dressing however, by using too much vinegar.

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Little Margaret, whose parents were both buried in a cemetery near her home, always spoke of them as sleeping in "God's Acre." Each week she placed a fresh bouquet of choicest flowers

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a'cre

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down Tremont Street, she noticed a little child with a shawl over her head, gazing timidly into a florist's window. When she pressed a lovely scarlet geranium into the girl's hand, the child was overcome with

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therefore threatened thrown

cause chiefly chocolate hospital injured

janitor

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One pleasant autumn day Henry sat in the orchard watching the brook, as it flowed peacefully over the pebbles. "Where are you going, little brook?" said he, but the brook only answered, as it sparkled on, “Good-by! Good-by! Good-by !"

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Such a toothache as Tommy had! He cried and he cried and he cried. Then mother put some camphor on the tooth, and drawing the sofa toward the radiator, wrapped Tommy up and made him very comfortable.

tooth'ache cam'phor so'fa

ra'di a tor

wrap wrapped com'fort a ble

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Aunt Katharine gave a picnic for some children; she treated them to sandwiches, cake, lemonade, nuts, and raisins. When they were tired of play they visited the greenhouses, and

saw the tall

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lem on ade' rai'sins

ba na'na

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Small service is true service

while it lasts:

Of humblest friends, dear

children, scorn not one. The daisy, by the shadow that

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Columbus Day

Behind him lay the gray Azores
Behind the gates of Hercules;

Before him not the ghost of shores,

Before him only shoreless seas.

The good mate said, "Now must we pray,
For lo! the very stars are gone;

Speak, Admiral, what shall I say?'
Why say, sail on! sail on!"

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JOAQUIN MILLER.

Hallowe'en

The

On Hallowe'en the Druids extinguished their altar fires and kindled new ones. Hallowe'en fire therefore, was regarded as a charm against evil spirits; and finally superstitious people began to question these spirits in regard to the future.

Election Day

Not lightly fall
Beyond recall

The written scrolls a breath can float;

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