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Page 54

Hastily examining the tiles in the mantel, Alice cried out: "O Mrs.
Reed, do come! here is a tile with exactly the same words on it!"

Mrs. Reed hurried into the room, and had scarcely passed the threshold,
when the tile fell to the hearth and broke into a dozen pieces.


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Directions for Reading.--Point out breathing-places in the last
paragraph.

Pronounce carefully the following words: _fortunate, adjoining,
clothes, hearth, sitting-room, wedding-dress_.


* * * * *


Language Lesson.--Let pupils use other words to express the meaning of
the following sentences.

_Alice received a warm welcome_.

_Mrs. Reed stepped into the adjoining room with a light heart_.

_Her face lighted up with joy_.

_Those things remind me of happy days_.

"_A word, to the wise is sufficient_."

Change the _statements_ given above to _questions_.

Change the following _exclamations_ to complete _statements_.

Do come! Let me look! Read it, Alice!

Model.--See my pocket-book! = I wish you would look at my pocket-book.


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LESSON XXVIII.


be fall'en, _happened to_.

thrust, _move suddenly or with force_.

mis hap', _something which has occurred to cause pain or sorrow_.

ex cit'ed ly, _in a very earnest manner_.

min'gled, _joined closely; united_.

le'gal ly, _as the law requires_.

a bun'dant, _beyond one's need; plentiful_.

com'fort a ble, _having everything needed to keep one from pain or want_.

re la'tions, _the feelings or acts of people toward each other_.

charm'ing, _very pleasant_.


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THE HIDDEN TREASURE.

PART III.

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