with a
will,"
said Mrs.
Jo, ready
for any
thing.
"Won't it
be hard to
write
about such
things?"
asked Nat,
who hated
compositions.
"At first,
perhaps;
but you
will soon
like it.
If you
think that
hard, how
would you
like to
have this
subject
given to
you, as it
was to a
girl of
thirteen:A
conversation
between
Themistocles,
Aristides,
and
Pericles
on the
proposed
appropriation
of funds
of the
confederacy
of Delos
for the
ornamentation
of
Athens?"
said Mrs.
Jo. The
