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Nattie Nesmith;
Or,
The Bad Girl.

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Chapter I.

Disobedience.

CAN'T, I sha'n't, and I won't!"

Three very bad sounding words, certainly. Do any of the little girls who have sat down to the reading of this book ever use any of them? I hope not; yet, it would be strange if they didn't, sometimes. I know more than a few grown-up people, who, if they do not say the words, exemplify the spirit of them in their lives.

When trouble comes, if, instead of evincing a