Take four pellets , and your dyspepsia will be all right . Tom always sighs and is silly when he 's overeaten . ' ` I 'll take 'em . These are the only sweet things you ever give me . ' And Tom gloomily crunched his dose . ' `` Who can minister to a mind diseased , or pluck out a rooted sorrow ? '' quoted Josie tragically from her perch on the railing . ` Come with me , Tommy , and I 'll make a man of you . Drop your pills and powders , and cavort round the world a spell , and you 'll soon forget you 've got a heart , or a stomach either , ' said Dan , offering his one panacea for all ills . ` Ship with me , Tom . A good fit of seasickness will set you up , and a stiff north-easter blow your blue-devils away . Come along as surgeon -- easy berth , and no end of larks . ' ' `` And if your Nancy frowns , my lad , And scorns a jacket blue , Just hoist your sails for other ports , And find a maid more true . '' ' added Emil , who had a fragment of song to cheer every care and sorrow , and freely offered them to his friends . ` Perhaps I 'll think of it when I 've got my diploma . I 'm not going to grind three mortal years and have nothing to show for it . Till then , -- ' ` I 'll never desert Mrs Micawber , ' interrupted Teddy , with a gurgling sob . Tom immediately rolled him off the step into the wet grass below ; and by the time this slight skirmish was over , the jingle of teaspoons suggested refreshments of a more agreeable sort . In former times the little girls waited on the boys , to save confusion ; now the young men flew to serve the ladies , young and old ; and that slight fact showed plainly how the tables were turned by time . And what a pleasant arrangement it was !
Even XXXXX sat still , and let Emil bring her berries ; enjoying her young lady-hood , till Ted stole her cake , when she forgot manners , and chastised him with a rap on the knuckles .
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