"No, I never stole a pig in my life. Now give the right name this time,
or prepare to have your ears pulled."

"Oh, that would never do! I think it must be my cousin, Jenny Mason, who
is hiding the daylight from me."

"Right! Right at last! One kiss, and you may go."

IDA FAY.




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LITTLE PEDRO.


Pedro is a little Italian boy, who lives in Chicago. When I first knew
him, he was roaming about from house to house, playing on the fiddle,
and singing.

Sometimes kind persons gave him money, and then he always looked happy.
But many times he got nothing for his music, and then he was very sad;
for he lived with a cruel master, who always beat him when he came home
at night without a good round sum.

One day last spring, he had worked very hard; but people were so busy
moving, or cleaning house, that, when night came, he had very little
money. He felt very tired: so he went home with what he had.