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Mr Harrison's house was an old-fashioned, low-eaved, ashed structure, set against a thick spruce grove

Mr Harrison hi on his vineshaded veranda, in his shirt sleeves, enjoying his evening pipe When he realized as co suddenly to his feet, bolted into the house, and shut the door This was led with a good deal of shame over his outburst of temper the day before But it nearly swept the ree from Anne's heart

"If he's so cross noill he be when he hears what I've done," she reflected miserably, as she rapped at the door

But Mr Harrison opened it, s sheepishly, and invited her to enter in a tone quite mild and friendly, if somewhat nervous He had laid aside his pipe and donned his coat; he offered Anne a very dusty chair very politely, and her reception would have passed off pleasantly enough if it had not been for the telltale of a parrot as peering through the bars of his cage icked golden eyes No sooner had Anne seated herself than Ginger exclai here for?"

It would be hard to say whose face was the redder, Mr Harrison's or Anne's

"Don't you lance at Ginger "He'she's always talking nonsense I got him from my brother as a sailor Sailors don't always use the choicest language, and parrots are very imitative birds"

"So I should think," said poor Anne, the re her resentment She couldn't afford to snub Mr Harrison under the circumstances, that was certain When you had just sold a e or consent you s Nevertheless, the "redheaded snippet" was not quite so ht otherwise have been

"I've co to you, Mr Harrison," she said resolutely "It'sit's aboutthat Jersey cow"

"Bless one and broken into ain? Well, never mindnever mind if she has

It's no differencenone at all, II was too hasty yesterday, that's a fact Never hed Anne "But it's ten times worse I don't"

"Bless ot into my wheat?"

"Nononot the wheat But"

"Then it's the cabbages! She's broken intofor Exhibition, hey?"