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Exmouth, England, August 27th.
DEAR ST. NICHOLAS: I have read the story of the "Blue-Coat Boy,"
and like it. I am in England, and almost every day see a Blue-Coat
boy pass our house. I think he looks like the picture in the ST.
NICHOLAS. I should not like to wear the long coat, because I
couldn't run in it; and I should think he would get a sunstroke,
without a hat, if he ever goes to the beach. Aunt Fanny is like my
mamma; she never asks for the right thing at the shops. I like the
ST. NICHOLAS, and wish another one would come. My aunty gave it to
me for a Christmas present for a whole year.--Your friend,