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A CLOCK AND AUNT HANNAH.
Mrs.Kate Hartwell, the Henshaw brothers' sister from the West, was expected on the tenth.

Her husband could not come, she had written, but she would bring with her, little Kate, the youngest child.

The boys, Paul and Egbert, would stay with their father.
Billy received the news of little Kate's coming with outspoken delight.
"The very thing!" she cried.

"We'll have her for a flower girl.