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"Fair and chaste," I said, "but rant you that," he answered "But after all, what of it? Beggars must not be choosers The land is new and must be peopled, nor will those who coe of those to whom a nation owes its birth What we in these plantations need is a loosening of the bonds which tie us to ho of those which bind us to this land in which we have cast our lot We put our hand to the plough, but we turn our heads and look to our Egypt and its fleshpots 'T is children and wife--be that wife princess or peasant--that old to the country where they abide Wherefore, when atdown from Henricus to Jamestown, to offer his aid to Master Bucke in his press of business to-ht his a fruitful errand and one pleasing to the Lord"

"Amen," I yawned "I love the land, and call it hoan to pace the greensward before the door My eyes followed his trih sombrely clad, then fell with a sudden dissatisfaction upon my own stained and frayed apparel

"Ralph," he said presently, co to a stand before me, "have you ever an hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco in hand? If not, I"-"I have the weed," I replied "What then?"

"Then at dawn drop doith the tide to the city, and secure for thyself one of these same errant dahter, in which, after a space and unwillingly, he hith I wiped the water froun to call, and Rolfe ate

"Takehiathered up the reins and struck spurs into his horse, then turned to call back to me: "Sleep upon my words, Ralph, and the next tiale behind thee!"

"Thou art as like to see one upon me," I answered