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were a great many Gods: and he ran out into the verandah, and told his bearer what the choota bebee[1] had said; and down he sat between his bearer's knees, and would not come again to her that day, although she brought out her finest pictures and a new book on purpose to tempt him.

The young lady did not fail to pray very earnestly for little Henry that night, when she had withdrawn to her room, and her door was shut. And her Father, on

  1. Young lady.