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PRETTY PICTURES
M
OTHER.
Come to me, r_ny dear children, and I will show
you some more pictures.
JAMES.
What are these men doing, mother?
MOTHER.
They are drinking and smoking. Do you not see those
glasses in ,their hands? One of the men has a pipe
in
his
mouth.
LUCY.
What have they been .doing?
MOTHER.
They have been at the tavern half the day, drinking,
smoking and singing foolish songs.
JAMES.
Have these men families, mother?
MOTHER.
Yes, they have. But they think more of the bottle than
of their wives and children.
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