"The words died away on his lips, and he hid a guilty grin in his thing grey beard."

Mr. White "of all the beastly, out-of-the-way places to live in, this is the worst. Pathway's a bog, and the road's a torrent. I don't know what people are thinking about. I suppose because only two houses in the road are let, they think it doesn't matter."

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"The first man had his three wishes. Yes," was the reply; "I don't know what the first two were, but the third was for death. that's how I got the paw."

Likely," said Herbert, with pretended horror. "why, we're going to be rich, and famous and happy. Wish to be an emperor, father, to begin with; then you can't be henpecked."

"I expect you'll find the cash tied in a big bag in the middle of your bed," said Herbert, as he bade them good-night, "and something horrible squatting up on top of the wardrobe watching you as you pocket your ill-gotten gains."

Theme: Be careful when making wishes

He was caught in the machinery," said the visitor at length in a low voice.

She brought the stranger, who seemed ill at ease, into the room. he gazed at her furtively, and listened in a preoccupied fashion as the old lady apologized for the appearance of the room, and her husband's coat, a garment which he usually reserved for the garden.