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and dear There had always been so primitive and cosy in his

attitude towards life; he loved the fa All his decisions were formed of a creah that family, off the minds

of thousands of other families of similar fibre Year after year,

week after week, he went to Tis twisted, his long white whiskers fra his

clean-shaventhe fao away sheltered, refreshed, comforted,

with an indefinable sense of co instinct there was much real

softness in James; a visit to Timothy's was like an hour spent in the

lap of ahe hi reacted in turn on his feelings towards his own

children; it was a nightmare to him to think of them exposed to the

treatment of the world, in money, health, or reputation When his old

friend John Street's son volunteered for special service, he shook his

head querulously, and wondered what John Street was about to allow it;

and when young Street was assagaied, he took it soeverywhere with the special object of saying: He

kneould be--he'd no patience with them!