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St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 - Scribner's Illustrated by Various
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urged the milk on Bob.

"No, I thank you," he said.

"He's mad at us yet," Mat whispered.

"Look here," said Sarah Ketchum to Bob, "if you don't eat some of this
milk, none of us will. We'll give it to the cow."

"No, we won't do that," Julius said: "we'll hold you and make you
drink it. If you have more apples than you wish, we'll be glad of
some; but we aren't going to take them unless you'll take your share
of the milk."

"And we'll get mad at you again," said Clara.

"I'll drink hall the milk necessary to a make-hup," said Bob.

When the lunch was eaten, Mat said she didn't think they ought to have
milked the cow. The folks would be so disappointed when they came to
milk her at night. May be a lot of poor children were depending on the
milking for their supper. Val, too, showed that his conscience was
disturbed.

"You needn't worry," said Dick. "They'll get this milk back from the
lunch she stole."

"But they couldn't help her stealing."

"And I couldn't help milking her," said Dick.
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