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JIMMY-BOY
WASHINGTON-PIE
THE pepper-tree in the backyard nodded its long, sweeping branches as if it were inviting the little white burro to come and stand in its shade.
The burro was coming, with Jimmy-boy on his back and the dog Punch at his heels.
"Selim is always glad to get home," said John, the coachman, as he helped Jimmy-boy down, and fastened the burro to the pepper-tree.
"Yes; he likes to switch flies," said Jimmy, patting Selim on the shoulder.
Jimmy was a fine, straight boy, with frank brown eyes and a pleasant smile. People called him "a noble little fellow;" and so he was on the whole, but he admired himself rather too much. It was hard for him to own that Jimmy Sanford Dunlee ever did anything wrong. You will see this for yourself as we go on with our story.
Jimmy-boy and Punch ran along to the garden at the left of the house. Here was a little pond with a stone wall around it. It had been made there just to look pretty; and water went into it from a long pipe that lay under the ground.
Jimmy paused to converse with a horned toad sitting half hidden under a black calla. There were three or four horned toads near the pond, all brought there by Jimmy-boy; but this was the youngest, and his especial pet. Jimmy had more than once saved the gentle creature from being pounced upon by Judy, the cat.
"I won't let Judy get you if I can help it, Jacky Horner. But if she comes, you must hook her with your little horns, Jacky. Now mind what I say!"
Jacky's black eyes glistened like two round beads. He did not try to run away or hide; for he had learned that this small boy who fed flies to him was his friend.
As Jimmy went toward the front veranda, he heard a pleasant child-voice singing from somewhere up in the air,--
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