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Beautiful Joe

CHAPTER XVI DINGLEY FARM
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There was a wide lawn in front, and away on our right were the farm buildings.

They too, were painted red, and there were some trees by them that Mr.Wood called his windbreak, because they kept the snow from drifting in the winter time.
I thought it was a beautiful place.

Miss Laura had been here before, but not for some years, so she, too, was looking about quite eagerly.
"Welcome to Dingley Farm, Joe," said Mrs.Wood, with her jolly laugh, as she watched me jump from the carriage seat to the ground.

"Come in, and I'll introduce you to pussy." "Aunt Hattie, why is the farm called Dingley Farm ?" said Miss Laura, as we went into the house.

"It ought to be Wood Farm." "Dingley is made out of 'dingle,' Laura.


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