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Title: Boys at home
Year: 1854 (1850s)
Authors: Adams, C. (Charlotte) Gilbert, John, Sir, 1817-1897
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Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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edding in Matthews room, and to laythe bedstead open to the air. The bed, with the mattress, she placed upon chairs bythe open window, to assist in getting them dry. Shethen, with Helen, went to take a look up-stairs, wherethey were joined by the two younger boys, who said Ed-ward wished to have the bricks carefully removed fromoff the bed, as they had all been talking about buildingup the chimney again, and care was to be taken not tobreak the bricks. Susan said that it would be best not to lose any time ;and, with the childrens assistance, the bricks that hadnot been broken in their fall, and all the pieces whichcould be of any use, were piled up in a corner of theroom. There was, besides, a considerable portion of thefallen chimney lying on the large box beside the bed ;this, too, was moved, and just as Edward ran up to saythe water was nearly hot, the party were exclaiming at adiscovery they had made—which was nothing less thanMrs. Jarviss new bonnet, covered with dust, and very
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MRS. JARVISS CRUSHED BONNET. THE NEW YOKKPUBLIC LIBRART ASTOE, LE^OX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R , ^. BOYS AT HOME. 55 much crushed, but preserved from wet by a portion of thebrickwork, which had covered it as it were in a sort ofpenthouse. Helen shook it out, and said she would takeit home, and try to restore it to its original shape andgood appearance ; she also suggested that it would be wellto look into the box where the old people kept their Sunday clothes, that in case these had been wetted,they might be hung out to dry. Allen said he would mount his stilts and fetch thekey from the farm, just asking if it was agreeable to Jar-vis and his wife that an investigation should take place.The offer was willingly accepted ; and the old people wereglad to learn, when the key was restored to them, that thestout box had almost entirely resisted the water, and thatnothing had sustained any material injury. Helen and Allen employed themselves in drying, witha cloth, such parts of the inside of

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