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... , 180 CHAPTER XVIII . UNCLE AND AUNT ON THE WATER , 188 CHAPTER XIX . DICK CONQUERED , • 204 CHAPTER XX . FOUNDATION FROLIC , 214 CHAPTER XXI . CONCLUSION , . 223 AND WHAT THE BOYS DID THERE . CHAPTER I. THE iv Contents .
... , 180 CHAPTER XVIII . UNCLE AND AUNT ON THE WATER , 188 CHAPTER XIX . DICK CONQUERED , • 204 CHAPTER XX . FOUNDATION FROLIC , 214 CHAPTER XXI . CONCLUSION , . 223 AND WHAT THE BOYS DID THERE . CHAPTER I. THE iv Contents .
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... Aunt Mary is his sister , — she takes care of him , and has always , I believe . ' ' Are they old people ? ' asked the gentleman . ' I should think so , ' exclaimed Richard ; ' very old indeed ! Sixty or seventy or eighty ! and hor ...
... Aunt Mary is his sister , — she takes care of him , and has always , I believe . ' ' Are they old people ? ' asked the gentleman . ' I should think so , ' exclaimed Richard ; ' very old indeed ! Sixty or seventy or eighty ! and hor ...
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... aunt ; for mamma said we must not do that . And it is only three months , you know , Dick ; then we go to school . ' - ' Bravo , my boy ! ' cried their friend ; that's the way to look at things ; and three months nearer their coming ...
... aunt ; for mamma said we must not do that . And it is only three months , you know , Dick ; then we go to school . ' - ' Bravo , my boy ! ' cried their friend ; that's the way to look at things ; and three months nearer their coming ...
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... aunt , that will be- come one of the positive duties of life . ' He spoke jestingly , yet his tone was not only playful . ' Duties of life ! washing one's hands ! pshaw ! ' cried Dick as the boys entered the room in which they were to ...
... aunt , that will be- come one of the positive duties of life . ' He spoke jestingly , yet his tone was not only playful . ' Duties of life ! washing one's hands ! pshaw ! ' cried Dick as the boys entered the room in which they were to ...
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... aunt very clean ? ' inquired little Tommy . ' Yes , little master , she has not a spot on her dress from year's end to year's end ; and she don't allow spots anywhere else , if she can help them . ' ' How far is the house off now ...
... aunt very clean ? ' inquired little Tommy . ' Yes , little master , she has not a spot on her dress from year's end to year's end ; and she don't allow spots anywhere else , if she can help them . ' ' How far is the house off now ...
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