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"And happens to be young and full of the joy of life," he said, with a

sravely

"Yes, of course I know that it's not right that he should be hanging

about the Mills, doing nothing, and wasting his ti about Dick's future It's a sin that he should be wasted, for

Dick is clever You htfully "But I wouldn't worry So

hed

"That is what he is always saying; but he says it rather bitterly

soht not to worry you, at any rate Those fish

are just done"

"Then my life is just saved," he responded solemnly

"There are two plates; you hold them on the top of the stove to

warm--that's it! And now you fill the kettle--oh! I see you've thought

of that It will boil while we eat the fish"

She helped him to some, and they ate in silence for some minutes Only

they who have eaten ht,

and eaten the in a boat, with a blue sky overhead and a

sapphire sea all around, can kno good mackerel can taste To

Vernon, who possessed the appetite of the convalescent, the meal was an