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THE GUDRA'S DAUGHTER.
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and strode about; little Volma sat at the windows and gazed out at the strange sights of the great city, and the Curious One went everywhere, looking at everything, and coming back, in the evening, to tell his master what he had seen and heard. He heard a

"I SHALL NOT FAIL NOW," SAID THE GUDRA.


great deal—not very complimentary—about himself, and even that he told the Gudra.

During one of his walks he wandered into a suburb of the city. He wanted to see if anything in particular was going on there. Coming to a place where two roads began, one of which seemed about as interesting as the other, he was in great doubt as to which way he should go. He would not, upon any account, miss anything worth seeing by going the wrong way. While still unable to decide which road to take, he saw a person approaching