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Show Little Mabel's Query. Little Mabel, eight years old, has passed much of her young life in the company of grown-ups, and bad acquired ac-quired many of their oldisli ways by Imitation. An elderly lady visited the aunt with whom Mabel lived. Mabel had heard the stereotyped expression. "Well preserved," used concerning old people. So. after this old lady took her departure, Mabel sprang a surprise sur-prise upon her elders by remarking: "Auntie, isn't Mrs. Brown a well-pickled well-pickled old lady." Judge. |