greatest luck in the world, her monthlies had come 
on that very morning. 
Ay !  Lad, we dined well. 
Why should I dwell upon that night ?  Four in a 
bed, we drenched the sheets again and again.  Not 
Leila herself could give me half the rapture I ex-
perienced from my sister and mother when they 
laid themselves out to give me a real good birthday, 
especially when my father, honest man !  Came to 
the rescue in his bluff hearty old English fash-
ion.  Ah ! 
 
 
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