THE LOST FOUND.

A SERVANT being sent with half a dozen living partridges in a present,

had the curiosity to open the lid of the basket containing them, when

they all made their escape. He proceeded, however, with the letter: the

gentleman to whom it was addressed having read it, said, "I find _in

this letter_ half a dozen of partridges." "Do you, indeed?" cried Pat,

"I am glad you have _found them in the letter_, for they all _flew out

of the basket_."

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