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GIVING THANKS.
“May the Lord make us thankful for the critter comforts
spread out before us!” said Deacon Haze, over the
hard-boiled beef on the table.
“Well, perhaps he will,” says Mrs. Partington to
herself; “but it seems to me it would be easier to be
thankful if the meat was tenderer;” and then, like a
barefooted boy, she went cautiously among the muscles.
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