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LESSON XLV.
re quest', _a wish that is expressed; desire_.
har'bor, _a sheltered place where ships can anchor_.
lo'cate, _place; choose as a place to live_.
both'er, _trouble_.
beach, _the shore of the sea_.
knack, _an easy way of doing any thing_.
in dulged', _gave way to, as to appetite_.
ban'quet, _a very good dinner or other meal_.
rheu'ma tism, _a painful trouble in the muscles or joints_.
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A GHOST STORY.
PART I.
"I have not a room in the house; but if you don't mind going down to the
cottage, and coming up here to your meals, I can take you, and would be
glad to," said Mrs. Grant, in answer to my request for board.
"Where is the cottage?" and I looked about me, feeling ready to accept
any thing in the way of shelter, after the long, hot journey from Boston
to breezy York Harbor.
"Right down there--just a step, you see. It's all in order; and next
week it will be full, for many folks prefer it because of the quiet."
At the end of a very steep path, which offered every chance for
accidents of all sorts, from a sprained ankle to a broken neck, stood
the cottage--a little white building, with a pretty vine over the door,
gay flowers in the garden, and the blue Atlantic rolling up at the foot
of the cliff.
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