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me ten cents that the red horse horse would win. I don’t didn’t believe he would, but I refused to bet because I wanted to tell Mrs. Allan all about everything and I felt sure it wouldn’t do to tell her that. (begin superscript)U16(end superscript) And I was very glad I didn’t bet bet because the red horse horse did win and I would have lost ten cents. So you see that virtue was its own reward. We saw a man go up in a balloon. I’d love to go up in a balloon, Marilla; it would be so simply thrilling; and we saw a man selling fortunes. You paid him ten cents and a little bird picked out your fortune for you. Miss Barry gave me Diana and me ten cents each to have our fortune told. Mine was that I would marry

 

LMM Notes

LMM Note U16
It’s always wrong to do anything you can’t tell the minister’s wife. It’s as good as an extra conscience to have a minister’s wife for your friend.


PHOTO ANNOTATION

ink drawing of the basket in a hot air balloon with a driver in a basket and anther in the balloon

"up in a balloon": The first hot-air balloons carrying passengers were successfully flown in the late 18(begin superscript)th(end superscript) century. This is the kind of spectacle entertainment that enlivened the Exhibition; a sketch of a balloon in the Charlottetown Guardian from August of 1901 shows a hot-air balloon.
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