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MEDALLIC PROSPECTS.
“I don't see,” said Mrs. Partington, as Ike came
home from the examination, and threw his books into
one chair, and his jacket in another, and his cap on the
floor, saying that he did n't get the medal, — “I don't
see why you did n't get the medal, for, certainly, a more
meddlesome boy I never knew. But never mind, dear;
when the time comes round again you 'll get it.”
What hope there was in her remark for him! and he
took courage and one of the old lady's doughnuts, and
sat wiping his feet on a clean stocking, that the dame
was preparing to darn, that lay by her side.
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