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of a comfortable country-house in Virginia, sat Harry and Kate

when they could get some sweet potatoes or apples to roast, and some corn-meal for ash-cakes, they would take their provisions to Aunt Matilda and she would cook them. Sometimes an ash-cake would be baked rather harder than it was convenient to bite, and it had happened that a fish or two had been cooked entirely away, but such mish

troubled in their minds. They had just heard

the news, and Kate had cried. There was nothing

s Kate," he exclaimed; "I've made up my mind! Aunt Matilda

ndid!" cried Kate; "bu

There are ever so many ways

to do?" said Kate; "

I don't think you will be of much use. As for me, I s

to shoot, now in the s

re will be partridges and hares, plenty of them; and father and Captain Caseby will

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"And now, suppose we go down and see Aunt

, with a pink calico sun-bonnet on her head, she came down the steps in two jumps, an

he went gunning, he shot birds and game that were fit for the table; and when he rode, he remembered that his horse had feelings as well as himself. Being a boy of good natural impulses, he might have found out these things for himself; but, for fear that he might be too long about it, his father carefully taught him that it was possible to shoot and to hunt and to ride without being

not ride much on horseback, but she enjoyed fishing, and rambles through the woods were to her a constant delight. When anything was to be done, especially if it was anything novel, Kate was always ready to help. If anybody had a plan on ha

aged to get along tolerably well, but it was soon found that she would suffer if she depended upon occasional charity, especially after she became unable to go after food or help. Mr. and Mrs. Loudon were very willing to give her what they could, but they had several poor people entirely dependent upon them, and they found it impossible to add to the number of their pensioners. So it was f

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