DANUEL SHADRACH PLAISTED,"
and carried it herself to the post office.
As she passed the fish market her attention was attracted by some very fine
shad displayed for sale, and they immediately suggested a further means of
accomplishing her revenge, so she ordered a supply.
Dexie sought her mother directly she arrived home.
"Don't you think we might ask Mr. Plaisted to dinner to-morrow, mamma?" she
asked.
"Please yourself, Dexie; but if he is asked, you must see about the dinner
yourself. It will not do to trust Eliza to get up anything extra, you
know."
"The dinner shall be well served, but I have a favor to ask, mamma. If Mr.
Plaisted is present, will you praise or condemn the fish course--at the
table, I mean; praise it highly, or condemn it heartily."
"Well, I cannot see your object in making such a request, Dexie," said her
mother in surprise, "but I will not be indifferent, if that is what you
mean."
The next morning, when Mr. Sherwood was drawing on his gloves to go to his
office, Dexie followed him out to the hall, and as she brushed a few specks
from his coat, asked:
"If you see Mr.
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