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Being Boston girls, of course they got up a club for mental improvement, and, as they were all descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers, they called it the Mayflower Club. A very good name, and the six young girls who were members of it made a very pretty posy when they met together, once a week, to sew, and read well-chosen books. At the first meeting of the season, after being separated all summer, there was a good deal of gossip to be attended to before the question, "What shall we read? " came up for serious discussion.
Anna Winslow, as president, began by proposing "Happy Dodd; " but a chorus of "I've read it! " made her turn to her list for another title.