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"Davy, when you go visiting you iven to eat," said Anne solehtI'll only think it," said Davy cheerfully "Do give a fellow some supper, Anne"

Anne looked at Marilla, who followed her into the pantry and shut the door cautiously

"You can give him some jam on his bread, I knohat tea at Levi Boulter's is apt to be"

Davy took his slice of bread and ja world after all," he remarked "Milty has a cat that takes fitsshe's took a fit regular every day for three weeks Milty says it's awful fun to watch her I went down today on purpose to see her have one but thewouldn't take a fit and just kept healthy as healthy, though Milty andround all the afternoon and waited But never htened up as the insidious comfort of the plum jam stole into his soul"maybe I'll see her in one so them all at once when she's been so in the habit of it, does it? This jam is awful nice"

Davy had no sorrows that plum jam could not cure

Sunday proved so rainy that there was no stirring abroad; but by Monday everybody had heard some version of the Harrison story The school buzzed with it and Davy came home, full of information

"Marilla, Mr Harrison has a neifewell, not ezackly new, but they've stopped being married for quite a spell, Milty says I always s'posed people had to keep on being un, but Milty says no, there's ways of stopping if you can't agree Milty says one way is just to start off and leave your wife, and that's what Mr Harrison did Milty says Mr Harrison left his wife because she throwed things at hisand Arty Sloane says it was because she wouldn't let him smoke, and Ned Clay says it was 'cause she never let up scolding hi like that I'd just put ot to do what'll please ME 'cause I'uess But Annetta Clay says SHE left HIM because he wouldn't scrape his boots at the door and she doesn't blaht over to Mr

Harrison's this minute to see what she's like"

Davy soon returned, somewhat cast down